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Manhunt continues in Boston, as analysts turn to social media for clues
A YouTube page that appears to have been created by one of the Boston Marathon bombers contains links to jihadist propaganda. The same suspect reportedly traveled abroad for seven months last year.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four civilians in an attack on a police checkpoint in Helmand. Seventeen girls were hospitalized after being poisoned at school in Takhar. General Dunford said the Taliban continue to benefit from safe havens in Pakistan.
IMU lauds another German killed in US drone strike
German Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders Yassin and Mounir Chouka and other top IMU figures praised Samir Hatour, who was killed by the US in a strike in North Waziristan in March 2012.
US drones kill 5 ‘militants’ in South Waziristan strike
The strike in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan is the first since the beginning of January.
United States
President Obama called the bombings at the Boston Marathon, which killed three people and injured over 175 more, a terrorist act. So far no suspects have been named, and no individual or group has claimed the attack. The Pakistani Taliban denied involvement. An envelope destined for a US Senator tested positive for the deadly poison […]
ISAF captures senior Lashkar-e-Taiba leader in Ghazni
Also, an “insurgent leader” who financed foreign fighters and coordinated attacks throughout Afghanistan was killed in Kunar province.
ISAF operations against IMU in 2013 at highest rate since war’s start
While ISAF is reporting and commenting on raids against the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, it is unwilling to discuss al Qaeda’s operations in Afghanistan.
CIA
Pakistan: Pervez Musharraf admits secret CIA drone deal with US
Taliban overrun Afghan National Army outpost in Kunar
The Afghan unit was from one of a few battalions rated to operate independently and without ISAF advisers. Kunar remains a Taliban and al Qaeda haven.
German IMU fighter killed in drone strike last fall
Wanted Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan spokesman Yassin Chouka announced the death of Ahmed, who was described as “the King of Setterich.” Ahmed was killed in the Oct. 10, 2012 strike in Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
The Taliban are ‘still dreaming’ of a return to power: an interview with Afghan Army officers in Panjwai
Officers with the 2/1/205 Afghan National Army assess their capability, local politics, and the prospects for the Taliban and the uprising against insurgents in Panjwai district.
Al Nusrah Front leader renews allegiance to al Qaeda, rejects new name
Abu Muhammad al Julani, the head of the Al Nusrah Front, has rejected a call by the head of al Qaeda in Iraq to change his organization’s branding. Al Julani also renews his organization’s oath of allegiance to Ayman al Zawahiri.
AQAP indicates deputy emir Said al Shihri may be alive
A banner released by the Al Malahem Foundation, AQAP’s official propaganda outlet, refers to Shihri as if he were alive, and other jihadists are also claiming he isn’t dead.
ISAF kills, captures 2 IMU facilitators in Takhar
The IMU clear remains entrenched in northern Afghanistan despite years of operations against the terror group.
Al Qaeda in Iraq, Al Nusrah Front emerge as rebranded single entity
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s emir announced a new brand for his organization’s efforts in Iraq and Syria: the “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.” The name replaces all previous names used by the group, including the Al Nusrah Front in Syria, which was a creation of AQI.
France
Ibrahim Aziz Ouattara, a French jihadist who was arrested and deported from Mali, was charged in Paris on April 5. He had traveled to Mali using the identity of Khalifa Dramé, who is also being sought by the authorities. A Frenchman who traveled with two other Frenchmen and al Qaeda operative Naamen Meziche to Pakistan […]
Afghanistan
Pakistan may use LeT for proxy war in Kashmir: US report
Taliban suicide bomber kills 5 ISAF personnel in southeastern Afghanistan
Three ISAF soldiers and two civilians who worked at the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Qalat were killed in the suicide attack in the provincial capital of Zabul.
Netherlands
A Dutch court halted the extradition to the US of Dutch-Pakistani al Qaeda suspect Sabir Khan until the US can guarantee he will receive the same special PTSD treatment he has been receiving in the Netherlands. He was arrested in Quetta, Pakistan in 2010 and has been indicted in the US for aiding al Qaeda […]
Syria
Rebel forces captured the Um al-Mayathen military post near the main border crossing into Jordan after heavy fighting. Jordan has doubled the size of its border security force in the last two days, saying it “can’t sit idle and watch al-Qaeda and other militants seizing control of its common border with Syria.” The Assad regime […]
Afghanistan
Quetta council in Pakistan blamed for deadly attack in Farah
Increased targeting of IMU continues in Afghan north
ISAF operations to kill or capture high-value targets from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan are at their highest frequency in the 11-year war.
France
French trip to Iraq to investigate British deaths ‘too dangerous’
Iran
Iran sanctions spur boom for Pakistani diesel smugglers
Taliban attack on power grid station in Peshawar kills 8
The attack plunged areas of the provincial capital into darkness. Four electrical workers are missing and thought to have been kidnapped by the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan deny shelling Pakistan bordering regions
Afghanistan
Afghan Govt Repeats Claim of Pakistan’s ‘Unacceptable’ Demands
‘The Taliban are worried about the uprising happening here’: an interview with the Panjwai district governor
The DG of Panjwai district in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province outlines the nature of the insurgency and the local uprising against the Taliban, his desire for continued international assistance, and the limited resources provided by the national and provincial Afghan governments.
United States
Authorities say cyberattacks against US financial targets are increasingly bent on destruction rather than espionage. A New York court convicted Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, a 23-year-old Palestinian, of lying to FBI agents about his plans to travel to Pakistan to join the Taliban. An al Qaeda admirer, Shehadeh also ran several jihadist websites.