US airstrike kills 5 al Qaeda operatives in North Waziristan
The US campaign against the Taliban and al Qaeda’s safe houses in Pakistan’s tribal areas has intensified. Today’s strike is the fifth inside Pakistan in six days.
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Report: US airstrike kills 4 in North Waziristan
The attack occurred along the border with Afghanistan in territory run by the Haqqani family. This is the fourth cross-border strike in five days.
Coalition: Senior Taliban leaders killed in Kapisa province
Five Taliban leaders have been killed in fighting north of Kabul, including two who were involved in the deadly Aug. 18 ambush that killed 10 French ISAF soldiers and wounded 21 others.
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Pakistani tribesmen organize private armies to fight Taliban
US hits al Qaeda safe house in North Waziristan
Six killed, eight wounded in the second strike in Pakistan’s tribal areas in two days.
Five killed in al Qaeda safe house strike in South Waziristan
Two Canadian Arabs were reported killed in the attack, the third such attack in South Waziristan and eight in Pakistan’s tribal areas this year.
Afghanistan
Interviews with Top Pakistani Taliban Spokesman Maulvi Omar
Al Qaeda
The Commandant of the Marine Corps said al Qaeda in Iraq fighters are moving to safe havens in Pakistan’s tribal areas, posing threat not only to Coalition forces in Afghanistan but to Islamabad. Al Qaeda in Iraq has suffered serious setbacks due to recent operations aimed at their second- and lower-tier leaders. A university president […]
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Fierce Combat Continues in Tribal Pakistan
Eight killed in Islamabad bombing
A blast at a cafe in Pakistan’s capital is the latest in a string of bombings in Pakistan.
Afghanistan
President Karzai demanded an end to NATO airstrikes in Pakistani villages. A Japanese aid worker was kidnapped in Nangarhar province. One ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack. Opium production has decreased by 19 percent since last year.
US diplomat dodges assassination attempt in Peshawar
The US Consulate’s principal officer and her driver evade an ambush on the streets of Peshawar as the Taliban step up attacks against the government in the provincial capital.
Three senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders captured in Baghdad
A senior al Qaeda adviser, a district commander, and an adviser to Obu Omar al Baghdadi were captured during raids over the past two weeks. Both played a crucial part in al Qaeda’s terror campaign in 2007.
Al Qaeda
Ayman al Zawahiri eulogized Abu Khabab al Masri and three other Egyptian al Qaeda commanders: Abu Mohammed Ibrahim al Masri, Abdul Wahab al Masri and Abu Islam al Masri. The latest videotape was released today on the Internet. The four were killed in an airstrike in South Waziristan, Pakistan on July 28.
Al Qaeda safe house targeted in South Waziristan strike
Eight killed, including “foreign militants,” in an attack on a known al Qaeda sanctuary in Wana.
Afghanistan
Coalition airstrikes killed nine Taliban fighters in Khost province. French President Nicolas Sarkozy reassured Afghanistan of his country’s commitment after 10 soldiers were killed in an ambush in Kabul province. The Afghan and Pakistan Army Chiefs of Staff and the ISAF commander met in Kabul to discuss regional security.
FOB Salerno withstands 2-day Taliban onslaught
US and Afghan forces thwart a major attempt by the Taliban to breach the biggest Coalition bases in southeastern Afghanistan.
Taliban kill 10 French troops in Kabul province ambush
Twenty-one French troops are wounded. Italian and Afghan troops battle Taliban fighters in separate engagement in the same region.
Al Qaeda suicide attack hits police center in Algeria
Forty-three Algerians were killed and more than 45 wounded in a suicide car bombing at a recruiting event at a police academy. Today’s attack is the latest in a string of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb bombings this summer.
Suicide attack kills 9 in Lahore
A suicide bomber targets policemen during Pakistan’s Independence Day celebration. The Taliban has warned Pakistanis to stay away from the event.
Al Qaeda
A US district judge refused bail to al Qaeda operative Aafia Siddiqui, who appeared in a Manhattan federal court in a wheelchair. Pakistani diplomats met with Siddiqui and pledged support. “Pakistan will provide all possible assistance to her,” the spokesman for the foreign ministry said.
Afghanistan
Coalition forces killed 25 Taliban fighters during an airstrike in Uruzgan province; eight civilians were also killed after the Taliban used them as human shields. Two Australian special forces soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Uruzgan. President Karzai urged Coalition forces to target “terrorist bases, hideouts and training camps” inside Pakistan.
Al Qaeda
Pakistani diplomats meet al Qaeda suspect under US detention
Al Qaeda
Ayman al Zawahiri released a video directly to a Pakistani news channel. Zawahiri spoke in English on tape for the first time. He called for jihad in Pakistan, supported the impeachment of President Musharraf, and accused the government of being a puppet of the US and the West.
Taliban “shadow” governor for Uruzgan province arrested
Australian special forces captured Mullah Bari Ghul, a key Taliban commander in the province. Ghul is the latest in a series of key Taliban leaders killed or captured in the South.
Former Guantanamo detainee tied to Hamdan and al Qaeda
A look at Said Boujaadia, Salim Hamdan’s lesser-known but more intriguing al Qaeda associate, who was released from Guantanamo Bay and sent to Morocco.
Afghanistan
NATO troops prevented the use of two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices in the central Afghan province of Wardak. A senior Afghan intelligence official has accused a number of parliamentarians of supporting Taliban insurgents. Afghanistan’s spy agency accused a member of Pakistan’s consulate in Kandahar province of helping a Taliban commander in his attempts to weaken […]
Afghanistan: Mapping the rising violence
Attacks continue to rise in the southern and eastern provinces bordering Pakistan, where the Taliban and al Qaeda maintain safe havens.
Al Qaeda’s East Africa operations chief escapes raid in Kenya
Kenyan police missed capturing Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, who was behind the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda confirmed WMD expert Abu Khabab al Masri was killed in the July 28 airstrike in South Waziristan, Pakistan. Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s commander in Afghanistan, issued a statement noting al Masri’s death and said his followers would avenge Khabab’s death.