Afghan troops clash with the Taliban on the border
Afghan forces, backed by US air power, pursued a Taliban force into the Mohmand tribal agency. Pakistani soldiers have been caught in the crossfire; Pakistan condemns the US.
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Tracking the Coalition’s Afghan spring offensive
Coalition forces have gone on the offensive against the Taliban in Kapisa, Badghis, Farah, Uruzgan, Kandahar, and Helmand provinces.
Coalition and Taliban vie for control of southwestern Afghanistan in Farah province
The Taliban is fighting to control the southeastern province of Farah, while ISAF is bolstering reconstruction and security in the region. Iranian weapons continue to flow through Farah province.
Pakistan strikes deal with the Taliban in Mohmand
The latest peace agreement was signed with Omar Khalid, the leader of the Taliban in the Mohmand tribal agency. The deal is sanctioned by Baituallah Mehsud.
Taliban commander Qari Hussain survived military operation in Waziristan
The Pakistani thought Hussain was killed in a January attack, but he spoke to the media recently. Hussain ran a suicide camp for children and is a senior lieutenant of Baitullah Mehsud.
Pakistani government inks peace deal with Swat Taliban
The latest deal signed with Mullah Fazlullah, who led an armed uprising in Swat and Shangla. Fazlullah has been behind suicide and conventional attacks against Pakistani security forces and civilians.
Pakistan frees former Guantanamo prisoner, Afghan Taliban commander
The government has freed a Taliban commander in Afghanistan and a former inmate at Guantanamo Bay along with scores of Taliban fighters in exchange for Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan and captive Pakistani soldiers.
Senior Afghan officials sacked, questioned over Kabul attack
Eight more officials have been sacked for their alleged involvement or failure to prevent the near assassination attempt on President Karzai’s life late last month. The move comes as Afghan Attorney General Abdul Jabar Sabit takes over investigation.
Kapisa province: The Taliban’s gateway to Kabul
Kapisa province’s Tag Ab Valley hosts a dangerous Taliban group that has close relations with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Sunday’s assassination attempt against President Karzai has been linked back to the Tag Ab Valley.
President Karzai escapes assassination bid, parliamentarian killed
A barrage of automatic gunfire and mortar shells fired on a ceremony in Kabul killed two and wounded 11. The British and American ambassadors were also in attendance.
In Pictures: A memorial ceremony at FOB Salerno, Afghanistan
Phil Peterson, on assignment in with the US Army in Afghanistan, recently attended a memorial ceremony honoring Sergeant Robert Rapp and Specialist Steven Koch at Forward Operating Base Salerno.
Tension and tea along the Pakistani border
Phil Peterson, on assignment with the Embedded Transition Team for the Afghan National Army based out of Forward Operating Base Tillman, recounts a recent patrol along the Pakistani border and the team’s encounter with the Pakistani border guards. With the Taliban watching.
Operations in South Waziristan halted for peace talks
Nazir negotiates for the return of pro-Uzbek Taliban; suicide attack in North Waziristan kills six troops.
Thirty al Qaeda in Iraq killed in Diyala
US and Iraqi operations target al Qaeda havens in the northeastern province; 21 al Qaeda fighters reported captured, including a senior commander.
Pakistani military claims 90 Taliban killed in attacks
Taliban killed after ambushing convoy, assaulting a fort in South Waziristan. Skewed casualties do not match pattern of engagements. Al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Jhangvi kill 10, wound 25 in suicide bombing at Shia mosque in Peshawar.
Pakistani troops abandon second fort in South Waziristan
Frontier Corps troops desert the Saklatoi outpost after Taliban threats. The Taliban and al Qaeda’s effort to build conventional military forces is producing results.
Haqqani Network behind Kabul hotel attack
Afghan security forces capture four members of Siraj Haqqani’s terror network. Haqqani is based out of North Waziristan.
Taliban ambush Pakistani forces in Mohmand; bombing in Karachi
Pakistani military reported 23 Taliban fighters, seven paramilitaries killed in fighting. Taliban claimed seven Pakistani soldiers killed, 17 captured, no Taliban casualties. In Karachi, a bus bombing killed 11 and wounded 40.
The State of Jihad: 2007
A year-end roundup of the major developments in the Long War in the primary and secondary theaters across the globe.
A closer look at slain al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Abdullah
The al Qaeda regional emir killed in November served as tactical commander, IED maker and cell leader, foreign fighter facilitator, and tribal liaison.
Pakistan: Benazir Bhutto assassinated
Former Prime Minister killed in a shooting and suicide attack as she campaigned in the military garrison city of Rawalpindi. Al Qaeda and the Taliban are the prime suspects but the Pakistanis will blame Musharraf.
Northwestern Afghanistan: Badghis province seeks security, revitalization
Matt Dupee examines the security situation and reconstruction efforts in the strategic northern province of Badghis in Afghanistan.
A chronology of the Musa Qala dilemma
Matt Dupee takes a look at the Taliban takeover Musa Qala in Afghanistan one year on. The Taliban still control the Helmand district after the British withdrew in November 2006 and the Taliban overran the district center in February 2007.
Al Qaeda attacks the Awakening; Senior al Qaeda leaders killed, captured
Al Qaeda strikes the Awakening south and north of Baghdad; the Awakening fights back. US and Iraqi forces continue to target al Qaeda’s leadership and network.
Operation Spin Ghar: Uruzgan gets ugly
Matt Dupee looks at Operation Spin Ghar, a joint International Security Assistance Force and Afghan National Army operation in Uruzgan province.
Coalition special forces, al Qaeda fight major battle in Tarmiyah
Strike against senior al Qaeda leaders in Tarmiyah results in 25 al Qaeda killed, 21 captured. The battle, along with the recent killing of the city’s emir and the capture of two of al Masri’s bodyguards in Tarmiyah indicates the city may be an al Qaeda command hub.
Afghanistan: Fierce fighting as the harsh winter approaches
Matt Dupee looks at the recent fighting in Afghanistan, including the Taliban takeover of districts in Farah province.
Taliban surrounded in Afghanistan’s Kandahar and Helmand provinces
Over 200 Taliban are believed to be surrounded in a district near Kandahar City, while Afghan and NATO troops are trying to turn a Taliban leader in the stronghold of Musa Qala.
Iraq
Iraqi soldiers freed eight of the 11 kidnapped tribal sheikhs while the US named the Mahdi Army commander behind the kidnapping. A suicide bomber killed 27 police recruits and wounded 20 in an attack in Baqubah. Coalition forces captured 11 al Qaeda operatives during raids throughout the country. US troops captured six insurgents in an […]
Crunch Time in Pakistan
The situation in Pakistan worsens daily. Only a determined effort against the Taliban and al-Qaeda has any hope of succeeding – and that this effort must be led by the Pakistani government itself, however difficult that would be to arrange.