FDD's Long War Journal

Afghanistan

NATO wants relations with Pakistan back on track

Jamaat-ud-Dawa

Free to pursue jihad: Saeed appreciates Pakistan’s unique freedoms

Shabaab leader recounts al Qaeda’s role in Somalia in the 1990s

Saif al Adel, Sheikh Yusuf al Ayiri, and Sheikh Abu al Hasan al Sa’idi fought in the Battle of Mogadishu, according to Shabaab’s emir.

Son of infamous al Qaeda family killed by Ethiopian forces

Abu al Bara’a Abdul Aziz bin Attash was killed in a clash with Ethiopian forces. Bin Attash was a member of a particularly notorious al Qaeda family that has served the Taliban, al Qaeda, Shabaab, and other allied terrorist organizations.

India

India rejects Pakistan’s proposal to move artillery from LoC

Afghanistan

Pakistan – No more bumpy ride for motorists on Torkham road

Afghanistan

Airstrikes Report: Pakistan, US far from same page

India

Pakistan and India take steps to prevent accidental nuclear war

Adbullah Azzam Brigades denies responsibility for Damascus suicide attacks

The terror group accused Syrian intelligence of staging the deadly Dec. 23 suicide attacks to hide the “failure of the regime of the tyrant in the Levant, Bashar al Assad, in subduing the rebels by force, murder, and exaggeration of crimes.”

Al Qaeda in Iraq

Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the wave of attacks across Baghdad last week that killed 69 people. An al Qaeda group based in the Kurdistan region has threatened attacks against the US, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in revenge for the killing of its fighters in a US drone attack in the Pakistani […]

Afghanistan

Mission impossible for Pakistani progressives?

Afghanistan

US military urges more trust with Pakistan after probe

Lebanese al Qaeda operative eulogizes Jordanian killed in Afghanistan

Abu Zubaydah al Lubnani praised Abu Kandahar al Zarqawi, who was killed by US forces in late 2010. Before his death, Abu Kandahar helped several “brothers who went to fight.”

Afghanistan

Al-Qaida leadership almost wiped out in Pakistan, British officials believe

Jamaat-e-Islami

Pakistan – For a TTP chief’s widow, terrorist activities meant saving her marriage

Afghanistan

US Preparing for Pakistan to Restrict Support for Afghan War

Takhar attack: Taliban continue their campaign against political rivals

The assassination of Alhaj Mutalib Baig in Takhar province marks the latest victim in a string of attacks against former United Islamic Front commanders in northern Afghanistan. Members of the Taliban and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan are blamed for the attack.

Suicide bomber kills 20 Afghans, including member of parliament, at funeral

The member of parliament served as the police chief of Takhar and Kunduz before taking office. The attack was likely carried out by the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

Afghanistan

AN ISAF helicopter was forced to land in Nahr-e-Saraj after taking small arms fire. Four Taliban fighters were killed and two were detained in Kandahar. Nine Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan fighters surrendered to the government in Kunar.

Afghanistan

Pakistan Harboured Osama, Former Army Chief Says

Afghanistan

CIA has suspended drone attacks in Pakistan, US officials say

Taliban avenge death of commander killed in October drone strike

The Taliban killed one Pakistani trooper and captured 15 more to avenge the death of Taj Gul Mehsud, a senior deputy to Hakeemullah Mehsud.

‘Pak Army does not agree’ with ISAF findings on Mohmand incident

“The inquiry report is short on facts,” the ISPR said in a press release.

AQAP leader’s brother reported killed in US drone strike

Abdul Rahman, the brother of Nasir al Wuhayshi, is rumored to have been killed in a US Predator airstrike in Zinjibar. The report is unconfirmed.

Afghanistan

US CentCom cancels briefing to Pakistan on NATO attack

US offers $10 million reward for Iran-based al Qaeda financier

The US government is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the capture of Yasin al Suri, a senior al Qaeda facilitator based in Iran. Al Suri was designated by the Treasury Department in July.

United States

Oytun Ayse Mihalik, a 39-year-old Turkish pharmacist, was indicted on charges of sending money to Pakistan to help finance attacks on US forces. Her arrest is “related to national security investigations in other areas of the United States.” She faces trial in February for making false statements to authorities.