FDD's Long War Journal

Afghanistan

US rift with Pakistan grows over drone strikes

ISAF captures IMU/Haqqani Network facilitators in Ghazni

One Haqqani Network commander “provided safe havens for foreign fighters traveling from Kunduz to Paktika province and Pakistan for tactical training and operations” while the other also worked for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

ISAF captures Taliban/Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander in Afghan north

The raids highlight the integration of the IMU into the Taliban and the establishment of suicide camps in the Afghan north.

Al Qaeda’s commander for Kunar, several operatives killed in airstrike

Commander Sa’ad bin Abi Waqas, a Pakistani al Qaeda leader, and several of his fighters were confirmed to have been killed in an April 14 airstrike.

Taliban suicide bomber kills 5 ISAF, 4 Afghan troops in east

A Taliban fighter who penetrated the Afghan police detonated a vest at a meeting at a base in Laghman province. The Taliban claimed the attack.

Suicide bomber detonates inside Indonesia mosque

The blast at a police mosque in Cirebon wounded 28 people, including a police chief.

Suicide bomber assassinates Kandahar police chief

Brigadier General Khan Mohammad Mujahid is the latest senior Afghan official murdered by the Taliban in its assassination campaign in the southern province.

Afghanistan

Pakistan would back Taliban office in Turkey: official

Suicide assault team hits Afghan police training facility

The Taliban have carried out six suicide attacks in Afghanistan over the past two days.

Afghanistan

New CIA drone attack draws rebuke from Pakistan

ISAF captures al Qaeda, HIG commanders in east, kills Taliban commissioner in the north

The hit list also included the Kabul Attack Network, the Haqqani Network, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and other Taliban commanders.

Haqqani Network/IMU facilitator targeted in Afghan east

The commander “assists the networks with the acquisition, movement and employment [of] foreign fighters, including Iranians.”

US Predator strike kills 6 Haqqani Network fighters in South Waziristan

Today’s attack ends a 27-day pause in the covert program.

Suicide bomber kills pro-government tribal leader, 9 Afghans in Kunar

Haji Malik Zarin led Kunar’s High Peace Council. The Taliban denied it carried out the attack.

Jemaah Islamiyah

Thai intelligence services are searching for Para Wijayanto, one of the two top Jemaah Islamiyah leaders, who is also thought to be the terror group’s emir. Wijayanto is thought to have facilitated Umar Patek’s travel to Pakistan.

Even more shocking: ISI behind Mumbai massacre

David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana told a US court they scouted the Mumbai assault for Pakistani intelligence.

Special ops troops continue to hunt ‘mythical’ AQ/Taliban creatures in Afghanistan

The al Qaeda leader is an Afghan who works on both sides of the Durand Line.

Al Qaeda

Pakistan tells US to halt drones

Aggressive Marine tactics thin enemy ranks, alter Taliban tactics

“Marines run toward our bullets,” complains Taliban fighter in violent district in Helmand.

Afghanistan

US envoy tries to patch up ties with Pakistan

The most wanted Taliban commanders in Afghanistan

A look at some of the Taliban leaders who are at the top of the special operations groups’ target list.

Afghanistan

Asif Ali Zardari: Afghan war ‘destabilising Pakistan’

Afghanistan

Pakistan – Disputed cases pending at Landikotal tehsil office

India

Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, a deterrent against India, but also United States ?

American Shabaab commander Omar Hammami releases tape that mocks reports of his death

In Hammami’s latest rap-nasheed, he asks to die in a Predator strike, special operations raid, air strike, or cruise missile attack, like other top al Qaeda commanders.

Al Qaeda fighter properly detained at Gitmo, court finds

The DC Circuit Court affirmed a district court’s decision to deny Guantanamo detainee Yasein Khasem Mohammad Esmail’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Esmail was trained at a notorious al Qaeda camp, studied at an al Qaeda-run school for martyrs, and fought at Tora Bora.