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Al Qaeda

Where in Pakistan did Faisal Shahzad learn bomb-making skills?

Jaish-e-Mohammed

NY bomb suspect had links with Pak Taliban, Kashmir terror group: Pak

Jaish-e-Mohammed

US to send Pakistan detailed request for help in Times Square bomb probe

Al Qaeda

Pakistan minister speaks out on Times Square plot

Qari Hussain met with Times Square bomber: Report

According to AKI, Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American in custody who admitted to carrying out the failed Times Square bomb plot, had met with Qari Hussain Mehsud, the Taliban’s top trainer of suicide bombers: Officials believe 30-year-old Shahzad, a Karachi-born Pushtun, had no relationship with any militant organisation, until Rehan put him in contact with Qari […]

Al Qaeda

Taliban seek comeback in Pakistan’s Swat Valley

Al Qaeda

Pakistani military faces decision on North Waziristan

United States

In wake of bomb scare, US may lean on Pakistan to hit harder against militants

United States

Pakistan: NYC bomber likely ”disturbed individual”

United States

Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad said to implicate himself; probe expands to Pakistan

Times Square bomber trained in Waziristan camp

Faisal Shahzad. Last night my intelligence sources said it was very likely that Faisal Shahzad, the main suspect in the failed Times Square car bomb attack, had trained in Pakistan’s tribal agency of North Waziristan. From The Long War Journal: While the exact movements of Faisal are not yet known, US intelligence officials contacted by […]

Afghanistan

Gen. Stanley McChrystal on India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and ‘gravitational pull’

Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed a civilian in an attack outside Combat Outpost Chapman, a CIA base in Khost used to direct Predator strikes in Pakistan. The Taliban killed eight civilians in an IED attack in Paktika and beheaded a female former government official in Zabul.

Afghanistan

Pakistani smugglers supplying Afghan bombmakers

The Taliban

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan released two tapes of Hakeemullah Mehsud to prove he was alive. On the audio and the video tapes, Hakeemullah threatened to carry out attacks against the US. Qari Hussain Mehsud, Hakeemullah’s deputy, also released a tape claiming credit for the failed car bombing in New York City.

Full text of Hakeemullah videotape

Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, from his audiotape, dated April 19, 2010. Below the fold is the full text of a videotape released to The Long War Journal by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan News Channel. The videotape, dated April 4, and another audiotape, dated April 19, were released less […]

Are there ‘al Qaeda guys’ in Afghanistan?

Video of a recent al Qaeda operation in Afghanistan On Facebook, blogger Michael Yon suggests that US forces haven’t killed or captured al Qaeda fighters and leaders recently: I’ve asked a lot of commanders here to tell me about the last time they caught or killed an al Qaeda guy here. No commanders can remember […]

New Hakeemullah tape?

Hakeemullah Mehsud, left. AFP photo. According to AKI and The Express Tribune, Hakeemullah Mehsud, who has died more times the past year than the most daring of cats, has released a videotape. First from AKI: In the video released to Adnkronos International (AKI), Hakeemullah calls for Muslim militants to renew their struggle but it has […]

Al Qaeda

Pakistan – Elders™ absence hinders army goals in northwest

United States

US, Pakistan bolster joint efforts, treading delicately

Hakeemullah Mehsud ‘is alive’: ISI official

Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan commander Hakeemullah Mehsud, in 2008. The Guardian interviewed a senior ISI official who claimed that Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, is alive. From The Guardian: The Taliban leader in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, survived an American drone strike in January and is alive […]

Al Qaeda

Pakistan security operations bring few positive results