Al Qaeda confirms WMD expert Abu Khabab killed in South Waziristan strike
Three other Egyptians were killed in the attack. Khabab is the third senior al Qaeda leader killed in strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas this year.
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The Haqqani Network: Reign of terror
The Haqqani Network has risen in prominence in the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. The Haqqani family has been behind some of the most high-profile attacks in Afghanistan and is rivaling the older generation of Taliban leaders.
Al Qaeda
The Pakistani Taliban denied al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al Zawahiri was killed in the July 28 airstrike in South Waziristan. US intelligence officials have not seen evidence of Zawahiri’s death. Also see: Analysis: Reports of Zawahiri™s death are based on suspect sources from The Long War Journal.
Analysis: Reports of Zawahiri’s death are based on suspect sources
Independent, unconfirmed reports indicate al Qaeda’s second in command was either killed or seriously wounded in the July 28 airstrike in South Waziristan. Without US confirmation, these reports are just rumors.
Afghanistan
Al Qaeda commander Abu Abdallah al Shami was killed in a US airstrike this month. More than 20 Taliban were killed after ambushing an Afghan patrol in Ghazni province. A bombing outside the Pakistani consulate in Herat wounded two civilians. Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al Masri and other senior commanders are thought […]
Senior al Qaeda commander in Afghanistan killed in US airstrike
Abu Abdallah al Shami, one of the Bagram Four escapees and a field commander in Afghanistan, was killed in an unspecified strike this month.
Afghanistan
Afghans say time for Pakistani action on militants
Al Qaeda
Pakistani intelligence officials claimed they positively identified the remains of al Qaeda WMD expert Abu Khabab, who was the target of a US missile strike in South Waziristan yesterday. The Pakistanis claimed to have positively identified Khabab as being killed in a 2006 strike in Bajaur. Abu Yahya al Libi release a tape calling for […]
India
Bombings may threaten India-Pakistan relations
Report: Al Qaeda WMD expert Abu Khabab thought killed in South Waziristan strike
The report is unconfirmed. Abu Khabab has been reported killed in strikes in the past, but the claims were untrue.
Six killed in strike in South Waziristan
Three foreign fighters are among those reported killed in the sixth targeted attack on al Qaeda and Taliban safehouses in Pakistan this year.
India
The death toll in yesterday’s serial bombings in Ahmedabad climbed to 49. Police found undetonated bombs in the cities of Ahmedabad and Surat. Police arrested a member of an extremist Wahabi group that founded the Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. Investigators said the bombers are using a TNT-ammonium nitrate mix as a replacement for RDX to mask the […]
US, Afghan forces beat back Taliban attack in Khost province
Between 50 and 70 Taliban fighters were killed after a force of 100 fighters assaulted a district center in Spera.
29 killed in second day of bombings in India
More than 100 wounded in 17 bomb blasts in Ahmedabad. The attack occurred just one day after six Indians were killed in a string of bombings in Bangalore.
Afghanistan
Afghan soldiers and policemen killed more than three dozen Taliban fighters after being ambushed in the Shah Joy district in Zabul province. Several of them were reported to be “foreign fighters.” NATO’s secretary general said the organization would not use Afghanistan as a base to attack Taliban and al Qaeda targets in Pakistan, nor would […]
Taliban control of Mohmand highlights failures of peace negotiations
Omar Khalid is a rising star in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan as he crushes his rivals and consolidates power in the Mohmand tribal agency.
Operation ends in Hangu; Government opts for negotiations in northwest
The military declares Hangu clear of Taliban influence just seven days after operations began. The governnment unanimously calls for continued negotiations with the Taliban.
Peace negotiations begin with Taliban in Hangu
The Pakistani government indicates further operations, such as the limited Khyber and Hangu offensives, are in store. Tribal elders deny the Taliban are a problem.
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed or wounded more than 30 Taliban during clashes in Farah province. Three captured al Qaeda operatives said they infiltrated Afghanistan via Pakistan. The French have taken over security responsibility for Kapisa province. The UN stated Kunar province is “nearly-poppy free.”
Al Qaeda
Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s commander in Afghanistan, said a Saudi al Qaeda member carried out the suicide attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. Yazid, who spoke in an interview with Pakistan’s Geo TV, also confirmed al Qaeda was behind the 9/11 attacks.
Afghanistan
Four policemen and one Canadian soldier were killed in separate IED attacks in Kandahar province. US troops defeated a Taliban ambush on a patrol in Kunar province. Most Taliban fighters in Afghanistan are from Pakistan, French Defence Minister Herve Morin said.
Decapitation campaign: tracking the liquidation of Afghan insurgent commanders
The son of infamous Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani is among those killed during recent battles in southern and eastern Afghanistan.
Two Taliban commanders killed in Kandahar
Afghan and Coalition forces continue to have success disrupting the Taliban command elements, but security in Kandahar deteriorates.
Afghanistan
The Afghan government called Pakistan the “world’s biggest producers of terrorism and extremism” and accused the Pakistani military and intelligence services of backing the Taliban. US and Afghan forces killed 12 Taliban in Warkdak province and seven in Nuristan. The governor of Ghazni province said the Taliban hoped to use the province for its main […]
Afghanistan
Afghans suspend meetings with Pakistan after attacks
Joint al Qaeda and Taliban force behind Nuristan base attack
Al Qaeda, Taliban, and Pakistani terror groups united to conduct the complex attack on a joint US and Afghan outpost that resulted in the death of nine US soldiers and more than 40 Taliban fighters.
Afghanistan
President Karzai directly blamed Pakistan’s intelligence service for the rise in attacks. The Taliban murdered seven “US spies” in Zabul province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed “several” Taliban during fighting in Uruzgan province.
Taliban launch deadly attack on a combat outpost in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province
Heavy fighting is ongoing after Taliban launched a complex attack against US forces in a new outpost. Multiple US casualties have been reported.
Afghanistan
President Karzai’s official spokesman blamed Pakistan for the July 7 suicide car bombing attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul. One US soldier was killed and four were wounded in an IED attack in Kunar province. Four civilians were wounded in a rocket attack on a US base in Kunar; US forces killed “several” Taliban […]
String of bombings rock Karachi
Pakistan’s largest city and vital port is hit by seven small bombs. One person was killed and more than 50 were wounded in a city where extremism is on the rise.