Yesterday’s attack on Combat Outpost Margah resulted in the deaths of an estimated 78 Haqqani Network fighters. The assault shows the Haqqani Network remains robust despite heavy targeting by special operations forces.
In Pakistan, uncertainty grows over North Waziristan operation
More than 30 Haqqani Network fighters were killed by US troops as they attempted to storm Combat Outpost Margah in Paktika province.
Russia appears to be ready to increase its active involvement inside Afghanistan after withdrawing from the country in 1989.
US military has delivered over 20 million pounds of flood relief supplies to Pakistan
Taliban in peace talks with Pakistani tribe
Afghans blast Pakistan over insurgent fight
“Winds of Paradise – Part 5” eulogizes five al Qaeda commanders who fought in seven of Afghanistan’s provinces and are representative of the unnamed leaders who serve as the terror group’s deep bench.
Three Arabs are reported to have been among those killed in the al Qaeda hub in North Waziristan.
The pair of strikes are the first in nine days. One of the strikes took place in Datta Khel.
The FBI arrested Abdel Hameed Shehadeh and a federal court has charged him for attempting to join al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan, Jordan, and Somalia. Shehadeh, an American citizen, also created jihadist websites and attempted to recruit a friend.
Qari Mahmad Umar, a shadow district governor in Takhar, was also a senior leader in the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Pakistan border region becomes terror epicenter
Pakistan resists US push to expand terror fight
A Texas court sentenced Adan Mirza, a Pakistani national, to 15 years in jail for aiding and supporting the Taliban and the illegal possession of weapons. Mizra, who was in the US on a student visa, also trained to wage jihad with a group of others.
US seeks wider CIA role in Pakistan
Sheikh Abu Mukhtar Robow (left) and Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan (faced covered) in a propaganda video acquired by The Long War Journal. Remember those reports from a few weeks back which claimed that Shabaab was in disarray as Sheikh Abu Mukhtar Robow, the terror group’s deputy leader, split from the group and pulled his forces […]
Afghan police and security guards defeated the attack after three members of the Taliban team were able to enter the compound.
The operational leader of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network is thought to have been in the same area in Pakistan where US Apache helicopters carried out cross-border attacks last month. Siraj’s presence in part sparked the Pakistani military’s outrage over the incursion.
A US military map of Iran’s operations inside southern Iraq, from 2007. This map formed the basis of the LWJ report, The Ramazan Corps and the ratlines into Iraq. Click to view full size. In case you are curious why the release of the Wikileaks documents pertaining to Afghanistan, and now Iraq, have sparked little […]
An Insurgent’s Road Trip from Pakistan to Afghanistan
The Indian Army claimed that Pakistan is operating 42 terror training camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Women are being trained at some of the camps, and more than 600 terrorists are prepared to enter Indian Kashmir, the Army chief said.
The attack is the Taliban’s latest in a long string of attacks at religious institutions in Pakistan. The Taliban have also stepped up attacks against security forces, killing 17 soldiers and paramilitary troops over the past week.
Five Pakistanis were among 10 people arrested in Sana’a by Yemeni security forces. The five Pakistanis are accused of spreading “extremist jihadi ideas.”
Two articles by al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki are featured in the latest edition of Inspire magazine. The publication also mentions the controversy surrounding the Obama administration’s decision to allow US forces to target Awlaki in Yemen.
A DC district judge denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by an Afghan detained at Gitmo. The judge’s decision and declassified memos produced at Gitmo indicate that the detainee, known as Obaydullah, was a member of an al Qaeda IED cell tasked with attacking US forces.
Get tough on Pakistan
Eight Pakistani soldiers have been killed in attacks since Oct. 15, and another was captured.
US plans increased military aid for Pakistan
Pakistan’s haven for terror unit irks US