IMU suicide bomber targeted top police commander in Quetta
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan said yesterday’s attack, which killed eight people, was executed by a man whose daughter carried out a suicide bombing last year.
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Afghanistan
Pakistan’s next premier an Islamist comeback kid
Egypt
The Interior Minister announced the arrest of three members of an al Qaeda-linked cell that was said to be planning a suicide attack on a Western embassy in Egypt. At least one member of the cell had traveled to Iran and Pakistan for military training. Privately Egyptian officials said the target was the US embassy. […]
Egyptian interior minister: Al Qaeda cell plotted suicide attack against Western embassy
Egypt’s interior minister said that three members of an al Qaeda cell that was plotting to attack a Western embassy have been arrested. The cell received training in Iran and Pakistan and contacted al Qaeda in Algeria. The cell also has ties to the so-called Nasr City Cell.
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl
Taliban flex muscle in Karachi ahead of Pakistan vote
Afghanistan
Afghan senate urge US to remove Pakistan military from Goshta
Jihadists launch 3 suicide attacks in Mali
Jihadists have launched 12 suicide bombings and assaults in Mali since the beginning of February.
Follower of Mohammed al Zawahiri dies in attack in Mali
Abu Obeida Sharif Khattab, an Egyptian who appeared in at least two videos with Mohammed al Zawahiri, died in an attack along with three other Egyptians in Mali earlier this month. Mohammed al Zawahiri is the younger brother of al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri.
Afghanistan
Police killed eight protesters, who are said to have been infiltrated by “militants,” at an anti-Pakistani demonstration. Militants killed three truck drivers during the protest. The Taliban killed five Afghan soldiers and a policeman in Farah, and three civilians in an IED attack in Helmand.
ISAF launches multiple raids against IMU as fighting season heats up
Raids against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan continue at an unprecedented pace. There have been five raids against the group in Afghanistan so far this month and 26 this year.
Afghanistan
Afghan defense ministry deny secret deal with Pakistan
Taliban claim bombing at political rally, name new emir of Kurram
A politician from the pro-Taliban Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl party was targeted because he “handed over dozens of Arab mujahideen to America” after the battle of Tora Bora. Hafiz Dolat Khan is the Taliban’s new emir in Kurram.
ISAF kills 2 ‘Arab’-linked commanders in Nuristan
One of those killed, Saleh Abd al Aziz Hamad al Luhayb, was wanted by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of the Interior. The International Security Assistance Force will not describe him and others with links to “Arabs” as al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
US Names New Envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan Building Up Military Check-Posts in Kunar: Governor
Afghanistan
Karzai urges Taliban to fight Afghan enemies after Pakistan clash
The continuing appeal of suicide attacks
Efforts to garner mainstream religious consensus in Afghanistan and Pakistan condemning the use of suicide attacks and other forms of violence against civilians seem doomed to fail.
Bangladesh
The country’s war crimes tribunal indicted British Muslim leader Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin for crimes against humanity and genocide during the 1971 war with Pakistan. He is alleged to have helped organize the killing of the top intellectuals in Bangladesh. He is an influential figure in British Muslim circles and helped set up the Muslim Council of […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban assassinated a member of the High Peace Council in Helmand and captured 28 policemen in Faryab. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Ghazni. Pakistani and Afghan troops clashed in Nangarhar.
Taliban assassinate member of Afghan High Peace Council
The Taliban have now assassinated three senior members of the peace council since the end of the summer of 2011. The attack was likely executed by the Mullah Dadullah Front.
Afghanistan
Solidarity of Pakistani Taliban with Afghan Taliban Raises Concerns
Haqqani Network’s Taj Mir Jawad subgroup targeted in raid
Taj Mir Jawad is a co-leader of the Kabul Attack Network, and is a senior commander in the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
Public uprising against Pakistani and Afghan Taliban in Kunar
United Kingdom
Three al Qaeda-linked British Islamists who planned mass-casualty suicide attacks, Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, were given prison sentences ranging from 18 to 23 years; Rahin Ahmed, an associate, received a 17-year term. Several other members of the Birmingham-based cell were also sentenced. Radical Islamists Imran Mahmood, Jahangir Alom, and Richard Dart received […]
Afghanistan
ISAF commander General Dunford said there is “improved security across the country.” Security forces captured eight Pakistani Taliban fighters in Panjwai district in Kandahar.
Turkistan Islamic Party releases video of children in training
In the video, the children, some of whom appear to be no older than six, are shown firing handguns, AK-47 assault rifles, and a PKM machine-gun.
Canadian terror plot linked to al Qaeda in Iran
A senior police official said two suspects involved in a plot to blow up a train received “support from al Qaeda elements located in Iran.” A Linkedin page of one of the suspects displayed al Qaeda’s black banner.
ISAF kills senior IMU leader in Afghan north
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader “coordinated operations between IMU and Taliban networks” and directed suicide operations in Balkh province.
Afghanistan
Pakistan Building Up Second Gate in Eastern Nangarhar
Al Qaeda intelligence chief reported killed in drone strike
Unconfirmed reports indicate that Abu Ubaydah Abdullah al Adam, a senior al Qaeda leader who serves as the intelligence chief for the terror group, was killed in a recent US drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal areas.