2 al Qaeda operatives killed in latest drone strike in South Waziristan
The strike reportedly killed Sheikh Abu Waqas, a Yemeni explosives expert; Abu Majid al Iraqi; and four Uzbeks.
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Giving up: Der Spiegel is pulling out its only correspondent from Pakistan
India
Pakistani Militant, Price on Head, Lives in Open
Karzai presses for fatwa on suicide attacks
A proposed Kabul religious conference on the impermissibility of suicide attacks has drawn opposition from the Afghan Taliban and from Pakistani religious parties, and a frustrated President Karzai has appealed to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
US drones strike in remote area of North Waziristan
Five people are reported to have been killed in the attack. The drone strike is the first to have been recorded in Pakistan in nearly four weeks.
Prominent al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in 2012
Abd el Kader Mahmoud Mohamed el Sayed was a close advisor to al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri and served as a military commander in Afghanistan before he was killed. El Sayed was involved in the Luxor massacre and, while living in Milan, was recorded by Italian intelligence discussing terror plots against the West.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan’s Islamist Militia Ansar Ul-Islam And Its Fight For Influence
Taliban, IMU form Ansar al Aseer to free jihadist prisoners
The video featured Adnan Rasheed, a dangerous Pakistani jihadist who was freed in a jailbreak last year; Yassin Chouka, a wanted German commander in the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; and Abdul Hakeem, a previously unknown Russian IMU member.
Afghanistan
Pakistan ends blockage for 3,700 Afghan containers
Bangladesh
Abdul Kader Mullah, the leader of the country’s main Islamist party, the Jamaat-e-Islami, was sentenced to life in prison for war crimes. He was called the “butcher of Mirpur” for his role in massacres during Bangladesh’s 1971 war for independence from Pakistan. Nine other top Jamaat-e-Islami leaders have also been accused of war crimes. In […]
Al Qaeda
Pakistan to build amusement park in Osama bin Laden town
Al Qaeda in Iraq launches suicide assault in Kirkuk
The tactic of the suicide assault is being employed with increasing frequency by al Qaeda and its affiliates and allies in all of the major theaters of the Long War.
United States
Defense Secretary Panetta said that as the US is still in a war on terrorism, drone strikes must continue to be used against al Qaeda “where necessary.” He also affirmed the need for covert US action in some cases.
Afghanistan
Pakistan Fines Afghan Traders $50m for Stalled Containers
Conference on suicide bombings postponed after Taliban condemnation
Taliban warnings that Islamic scholars should not participate in the conference appear to have effectively squelched the Afghan government’s plans for the event.
United States
Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a naturalized US citizen from Somalia, was found guilty of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore. He had been arrested by undercover agents posing as al Qaeda operatives. The US Ambassador to Pakistan said the Taliban can be part of Afghanistan’s future […]
IMU commander captured in northern Afghanistan
The weapons facilitator and assassinations director is the third Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander killed or captured in the Afghan north so far this year.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan still global jihad hub
ISAF launches another raid targeting al Qaeda in Kunar
The increased operational tempo of raids against al Qaeda in Kunar in 2012 and the first month of 2013 suggests that the terror group remains alive and well in the eastern province.
Suicide bombers strike in Kunduz and Ghazni
Ten policemen were killed in the attack in Kunduz, while a policemen and a civilian were killed Ghazni.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan – ANP asks govt to disclose Abbottabad findings
Al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander targeted in Kunar raid
In 2012 there were 16 reported raids against al Qaeda operatives and affiliates in Kunar province. Yesterday’s raid was the first such operation in the province this year.
United States
The US added a wanted Saudi al Qaeda leader, Abu Maryam al Zahrani, to its list of designated terrorists. David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-born US citizen who helped the Lashkar-e-Taiba carry out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was sentenced to 35 years in prison. The Pentagon released a timeline of the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on […]
US adds wanted Saudi al Qaeda leader to terrorism list
Ahmed Abdullah Saleh al Khazmari al Zahrani, who is better known as Abu Maryam al Zahrani, is thought to be based in Pakistan and has been spotted in Iran.
Afghanistan
Pakistani forces set posts on Afghan soil
India
‘Pakistan’s nukes face threat from army insiders’
Afghanistan
British Fears for Pakistan Linked to Nuclear Weapons: Analyst
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Pakistan – Manzar Imam was an anti-Taliban crusader: Police
United States
Outgoing Defense Secretary Panetta urged NATO to keep “relentless” pressure on al Qaeda and to become more innovative and flexible. Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian citizen residing in Chicago, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his roles in the 2008 Mumbai attack and a planned attack in Denmark. Terrorism charges against a young […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban denied that they participated in peace talks with the Afghan government in Dubai. Pakistan said it would free all Afghan Taliban prisoners, including Mullah Baradar, who attempted to negotiate with the government in 2010.