Al Qaeda
Adam Gadahn and Mustafa Abu Yazid appeared on al Qaeda’s latest videotape, which was released by As Sahab. Both Gadahn and Yazid have been rumored to have been killed in aistrikes and clashes in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
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Adam Gadahn resurfaces in new al Qaeda tape
Al Qaeda’s American spokesman was rumored killed in a January airstrike that killed Abu Laith al Libi. Gadahn references the US “economic meltdown.”
US conducts 2 strikes in North Waziristan
US hits Haqqani Network positions in Khost province in Afghanistan, two airstrikes are reported across the border in North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
The Taliban refused to negotiate with the Afghan government. “We reject an offer for negotiation by the Afghan’s puppet and slave President Hamid Karzai,” Mullah Baradar said. The US notified Pakistan of an airstrike near the Afghan-Pakistani border.
Afghanistan
NATO launches airstrike near Pakistan-Afghan border
Hizb ut-Tahrir
Hizb ut-Tahrir Pakistan advocated for the government to cut diplomatic and military ties with the West and deploy its nuclear weapons if the US continues to violate Pakistan™s territorial integrity. In an earlier release, Hizb ut-Tahrir urged Pakistan to attack US bases in Bagram and Doha with nuclear weapons and suggested all of Pakistan’s 160 […]
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda leader escaped arrest, claims militant
Afghanistan
The senior US general in Afghanistan said more troops are needed immediately. A leaked report by the British Ambassador in Kabul claims US strategy is wrong and the war is as good as lost. A leaked Spanish report said Pakistan’s ISI provided arms, IEDs, and other support to the Taliban.
Taliban: Baitullah Mehsud alive; US strike in North Waziristan
Taliban spokesman denied Baitullah died of natural causes. US targets Taliban safe house in Mirali.
Reports of Baitullah’s death are false, sources say
Pakistani news outlets are reporting the death of Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, but US intelligence is highly skeptical.
Afghanistan
The Pakistani military fired on two US helicopters operating along the border inside Afghan territory in Khost province. Pakistan claimed the helicopters crossed the border, flew over a Paksitani outpost, “returned fire and flew back.” Two policemen and a civilian were killed in a bombing in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province.
Al Qaeda-linked suspects emerge in Islamabad Marriott attacks
Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the leader of the Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, and Qari Mohammad Zafar, the leader of the Laskhar-e-Jhangvi, are thought to be behind the devastating Sept. 20 bombing.
Afghanistan
The Governor of Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province said the US must negotiate with the Taliban, the Haqqanis, and Hekmatyar. A US Predator UAV crashed in eastern Afghanistan. Six policemen were killed in attacks in Kabul province.
Mystery surrounds hijacked Iranian ship
An Iranian-flagged and operated ship hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia is carrying a suspicious cargo.
Bombing at Islamabad Marriott latest in string of complex terror attacks
Al Qaeda and the Taliban carry out their latest sophisticated strike. The death toll rises to 70, with more than 250 wounded. The hotel is destroyed by the bombing and fire.
40 Killed in Islamabad suicide attack
Officials fear more than 100 people are believed to have been killed in the suicide strike at the Marriott Hotel as an unknown number are trapped in the burning building.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda commander among those killed in US strike in Pakistan
US strikes Taliban camp in South Waziristan
Five Taliban fighters and an ammunition dump were destroyed in the latest strike. Pakistani intelligence sources claim the strike was coordinated.
India
India suggests Pakistani hand in New Delhi blasts
Afghanistan
A senior Taliban commander said Iran is supplying EFPs to the terror group. US troops killed one Taliban fighter and wounded five during an attack on an outpost in the Ali Shang district in Laghman province. Two Afghans were killed and seven were wounded in an IED attack Herat province. The Afghan government handed over […]
Multiple blasts rock New Delhi
Five bombs are detonated in the span of 45 minutes in markets in India’s capital. The Indian Mujahideen took credit for the attack.
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Pakistan claims killing 72 militants in 3 days
US hits compound in North Waziristan
The US targeted a group related to Hekmatyar. The airstrike attack is the fifth such cross-border attack in the North Waziristan tribal agency in two weeks.
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12 killed in US attack on Pakistani border town
Letters from al Qaeda leaders show Iraqi effort is in disarray
A series of letters from Zawahiri, Baghdadi, and al Masri found on the body of al Qaeda in Iraq’s former information minister show senior al Qaeda leaders have lost confidence in al Qaeda in Iraq’s leader. Captured operatives say the war is lost.
Haqqani’s main madrassa hit in North Waziristan attack
US aircraft struck the Manbaul Ulom, the primary madrassa run by the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani family in order to “send a message.” Five Haqqani compounds have been hit in the last ten days.
US targets Haqqani Network in North Waziristan
More than 20 are reported killed in a strike against a compound run by Siraj Haqqani. This is the seventh reported strike inside Pakistan in nine days.
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US Strikes Taliban Stronghold in Pakistan
Taliban suicide bombers target senior Afghan police chief
Six Afghans were killed and 37 wounded after two suicide bombers entered a police headquarters in Kandahar. This is the second attack against senior security officials in two days.
Al Qaeda
Western intelligence sources in Pakistan believe that al Qaeda’s American recruit and propaganda chief, Adam Gadahn, may have been killed in a CIA-directed airstrike. Intelligence officials will scrutinize radical websites and forums this week to see whether Gadahn – also known as Azzam al Ameriki – produces a new video message to mark Sept. 11, […]