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Pakistan deserves real credit for arresting al-Mauritani: US official
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US hails Pakistan’s capture of al Qaeda leader
Somalia
“Gunmen” killed five people in an ambush in Jowhar. Shabaab arrested four people in connection with the murder of a Red Cross worker in Baidoa, and imposed a curfew in Afgoye. Puntland said it is expelling more than 1,700 “foreigners,” most of whom are Pakistanis and Ethiopians.
China
Pakistan – Chinese language in Sindh schools from 2013
Al Qaeda
Pakistan says senior al Qaeda leader captured
Al Qaeda
Pakistan detains 3 al-Qaida suspects
Jaish-e-Mohammed
More power to Pakistan’s jihadis
Al Qaeda
US wants agent doctor released; Pak says no
Afghanistan
Pakistan urges Afghanistan to help free youths
Ex-Gitmo detainee killed in Afghanistan
A former Guantanamo detainee named Sabar Lal Melma was shot by security forces in Afghanistan. According to ISAF, Melma was a “key affiliate of the al Qaeda network.” Melma was once a senior Afghan official in charge of border security in Kunar province. Leaked files allege that he allowed al Qaeda members to escape Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
NATO races to secure violent, porous Afghanistan-Pakistan border
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four policemen in a rocket attack in Bamyan. Pakistani Taliban leader Faqir Mohammad is said to have kidnapped more than 30 boys who crossed from Bajaur into Kunar.
AQAP releases biography for ex-Gitmo detainee turned ‘martyr’
AQAP has released a biography commemorating former Guantanamo detainee Hani Abdo Shaalan. In the video, AQAP claims that Shaalan was killed in an American airstrike in December 2009. Previously, the Yemeni government claimed that Shaalan was killed during a shootout with government forces.
Afghanistan
Pakistani fertilizer fuels Afghan bombs
Al Qaeda releases Ramadan tape by Atiyah Abd al Rahman
US officials have claimed that the al Qaeda leader was killed in a Predator strike. The tape gives no indication that Atiyah is dead.
Al Qaeda
CIA Strikes Strain Ties With Pakistan Further
AQAP chief Nasir al Wuhayshi reported killed in southern Yemen
Yemeni military officers claimed that Wuhayshi’s body was brought to a hospital in Aden after a clash near Zinjibar. His death has not been confirmed.
Al Qaeda remains entrenched in North Wazristan
The Taliban-controlled tribal agency still serves as a primary node for al Qaeda’s operations in Pakistan.
Senior al Qaeda leader reportedly killed
Atiyah Abd al Rahman, a top al Qaeda leader, was reportedly killed on August 22. Senior US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal would neither confirm nor deny Atiyah’s death. Atiyah was al Qaeda’s “general manager” and Osama bin Laden’s “chief of staff,” according to a senior US intelligence official.
Al Qaeda
US official: Al-Qaida’s No. 2 killed in Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Qaeda firmly rooted in Pakistan tribal fiefdom
Faqir Mohammed broadcasting on jihadi radio
The Bajaur Taliban leader is operating an illegal FM radio channel and apparently is broadcasting from Afghanistan.
Commander who liberated Tripoli was LIFG leader
Abd al Hakim Bilhaj claimed to have renounced violence and jihad after he was freed by Saif al Islam during an amnesty program in 2010.
Afghanistan
Taliban fight takes heavy toll on Pakistani troops
Al Qaeda
Pakistanis in denial 10 years after 9/11
Video shows Taliban executing Afghan police commander with recoilless rifle
The Taliban shouted “Allahu Akbar” after using an 82mm recoilless rifle to execute a police commander in Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
US senators stress complex nature of Pakistan ties
Lashkar-e-Khorasan executes a ‘US spy’
The terrorist counterintelligence unit killed an Afghan accused of working for the Americans in North Waziristan.
Al Qaeda cell targeted by Treasury Department tied to multiple terror groups
Two senior members of al Qaeda’s al Ghuraba cell were designated by the Treasury Department earlier this month. The cell was first broken up in 2003, based on intelligence gleaned from detainees in the CIA’s controversial enhanced interrogation program. Lashkar-e-Taiba reportedly provided training for the cell.
US Predators kill 4 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan
The strike took place in the Mir Ali area, a known haven for a number of terrorist groups.