FDD's Long War Journal

Siraj Haqqani threatens to attack Afghan judges, courts

The Afghan government executed a Haqqani Network fighter involved in the February attack on a bank in Jalalabad.

Taliban suicide assault team strikes in Afghan capital

Three Taliban fighters wearing military uniforms killed nine people in an attack on a police station in the capital.

Harakat-ul-Mujahideen chief lives in open near Islamabad

Fazle-ur-Rahman Khalil, the man Osama bin Laden consulted before issuing his infamous fatwa against the US, lives comfortably near Islamabad.

AP: Key source on bin Laden’s courier freed by Pakistanis

Pakistan freed the al Qaeda operative who gave the CIA key intelligence on Osama bin Laden’s courier. That intelligence led to Osama bin Laden’s demise.

US Predator strike kills 15 ‘militants’ in South and North Waziristan

The unmanned aircraft hit a vehicle and a compound in an area administered by “good Taliban” leader Mullah Nazir, and a vehicle in an area run by the Haqqani Network.

‘Good’ Pakistani Taliban group vows to step up attacks in Afghanistan

Two of Mullah Nazir’s senior commanders said they would send even more fighters into Afghanistan to avenge US predator airstrikes in South Waziristan

US Predators hit training camp, vehicle in North and South Waziristan

A strike on a “major training center” in North Waziristan killed 18 terrorists, including “Punjabis,” while an attack on a vehicle in South Waziristan killed four “militants.”

US Predators strike 3 targets in South Waziristan

The strikes took place in areas controlled by Mullah Nazir. “Punjabi Taliban,” Arabs, and Uzbeks are said to be among those killed. Al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri is also reported to have been killed in the same area just four days ago.

Questions emerge over HUJI’s statement on al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri’s death

A purported photo of Kashmiri’s corpse has turned out to be that of a Mumbai suicide bomber, and HUJI misspelled the group’s name twice in the press release announcing his death.

Top al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri reported killed in US Predator strike

A Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami spokesman said that Kashmiri, one of al Qaeda’s top military commanders, was killed in yesterday’s attack in Wana. His death is a major blow to the terror group.

Kashmir

Security forces killed three Lashkar-e-Taiba fighters during a 12-hour-long firefight in Sopore. Abdullah Babu, a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, was among those killed.

Hizbul Mujahideen chief: Pakistan allows terror group to run ‘hundreds of training camps’

“Our mujahideen can come and go at their own will,” the head of the Hizbul Mujahideen said. “There is no question that the army can stop us.”

ISAF spokesman bungles Haqqani Network’s relationship with the Taliban

Brigadier General Josef Blotz claims the Haqqani Network is not part of the Taliban.

Pakistani Taliban claim assault on Karachi naval base

“It was the revenge of martyrdom of Osama bin Laden. It was the proof that we are still united and powerful,” a Taliban spokesman said.

Pakistani government refused to move against radical madrassas in Punjab

A leaked US State Department cable details the network of radical Islamist madrassas in South Punjab and their role as an engine of jihad.

Suicide bomber kills 6 in attack on Kabul hospital

A suicide bomber detonated in a cafeteria as medical students were eating lunch. The hospital is frequented by Afghan military personnel and is in a high-security zone.

Taliban kill 13 in Nangarhar suicide attack

The Taliban said it targeted Afghan police trainers.

Denmark

In a detailed confidential report on his interrogation by Indian authorities in Chicago in 2010, David Coleman Headley said he planned a terrorist attack on the Jyllands-Posten newspaper with the help of members of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Agency, including a high-ranking officer named “Major Iqbal.” Headley claimed to have worked with the Lashkar-e-Taiba, which he […]