German jihadi killed in Afghanistan, claims Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan spokesman
Miqdad, a German citizen who is also known as “Abdullah the Essen,” was killed while fighting US forces in Baghlan in April 2011. He wanted “to kill Germans.”
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Al Qaeda leader and bin Laden associate captured in northern Afghanistan
The al Qaeda commander, who was captured in Balkh province, was “a Pakistan-based attack planner” and accompanied Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 2001.
Special operations forces capture Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander involved in deadly Takhar attack
The IMU facilitator was involved in the May 28 attack that killed two senior police leaders in the north and wounded the governor of Takhar and ISAF’s top general for Regional Command North.
‘Germany-based Moroccan al Qaeda foreign fighter facilitator’ captured in southeastern Afghanistan
The al Qaeda operative is providing intelligence on the Qaeda network that funnels terrorists into Afghanistan. Before he reached Afghanistan, he traveled through Iran, where a recruiter attempted to convince him to become a suicide bomber.
Afghan commandos kill 60 Taliban fighters in Faryab
The Taliban fighters were killed during a three-day-long operation in the Qaysar district.
Controversial raid in Takhar sparks deadly protest
Afghan troops killed 12 protesters who had denied that the two men and two women killed during a raid targeting an IMU cell in the district of Taloqan were insurgents.
Suicide assault team defeated in Quetta
Pakistani officials said the attackers appeared to be “Uzbek or Chechen.” The Pakistani Army claimed to have captured a senior al Qaeda operative in Karachi.
US Predators kill 10 ‘militants’ in Mir Ali
The attack took place in an area that hosts a number of regional and international terror groups. Four “foreigners” were reported killed.
Taliban deny Osama bin Laden’s death will impact Afghan war
The Taliban said the war would continue as long as Westerners “are bent on continuing their colonialist ambitions against the Islamic Ummah.”
Business is still booming at Afghan and Pakistani terror camps
So many foreign jihadis are arriving in the Afghan-Pakistan border area that “there are problems finding places for them to stay,” according to a recently captured terrorist.
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
The US transferred Ahmed Wali Siddiqui, a German citizen, back to his home country. Siddiqui was arrested in Afghanistan and disclosed details of a plot by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan to carry out attacks in Europe.
ISAF pursues Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in Afghan north
The latest raid targeted an IMU “facilitator and explosives expert” in the northern province of Takhar.
ISAF captures Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s top commander for Afghanistan
The IMU ‘s senior leader in Afghanistan served as “a key conduit between the senior IMU leadership in Pakistan and senior Taliban leadership in Afghanistan.” He escaped from a Pakistani jail in 2010.
Taliban/IMU commander killed in airstrike in Afghan north
Mullah Abdul Fatah Haqqani commanded and controlled facilitation networks for “foreign fighters” in Baghlan.
ISAF captures IMU/Haqqani Network facilitators in Ghazni
One Haqqani Network commander “provided safe havens for foreign fighters traveling from Kunduz to Paktika province and Pakistan for tactical training and operations” while the other also worked for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
ISAF captures Taliban/Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander in Afghan north
The raids highlight the integration of the IMU into the Taliban and the establishment of suicide camps in the Afghan north.
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Tajik security forces claimed to have killed Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander Abdullo Rakhimov and 10 fighters during an operation in the east; one policeman was killed. Rakhimov, who is also known as Mullo Abdullo, carried out multiple attacks in Tajikistan.
ISAF captures al Qaeda, HIG commanders in east, kills Taliban commissioner in the north
The hit list also included the Kabul Attack Network, the Haqqani Network, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and other Taliban commanders.
Haqqani Network/IMU facilitator targeted in Afghan east
The commander “assists the networks with the acquisition, movement and employment [of] foreign fighters, including Iranians.”
Special ops troops continue to hunt ‘mythical’ AQ/Taliban creatures in Afghanistan
The al Qaeda leader is an Afghan who works on both sides of the Durand Line.
Special operations forces raid ‘Taliban safe haven’ in Afghan north
ISAF identified another “safe haven,” this time in the district of Qaisar in Faryab. Special operations teams also killed the Afghan policeman who killed two ISAF troops in Faryab on April 4.
ISAF, Afghan forces kill Taliban suicide network leader in Kunduz
Shamsullah directed multiple suicide attacks in the Afghan north, including three large attacks since the end of February.
ISAF again targets the IMU in Samangan
Attacks against the al Qaeda-linked terror group continue in the Afghan north.
ISAF captures IMU leader who ran terror camps in Afghan north
The unnamed IMU commander ran “multiple IMU training camps and was involved with the facilitation and movement of fighters in and out of Samangan training camps, including fighters’ movement to Pakistan.”
ISAF strikes at 4 IMU commanders in ‘safe haven’ in Afghan north
The raid targeted four Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders. ISAF has struck in the district of Burkah in Baghlan province four times this month.
ISAF targets Taliban commander linked to ‘suicide camps’ in Afghan north
The Taliban commander targeted in the raid is linked to foreign fighters and suicide training camps in the northern province of Sar-i-Pul.
ISAF targets HIG in east, IMU in north
The ISAF and Afghan special operations raids continue against the Hizb-i Islami Gulbuddin in the east and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in the north. From the latest ISAF press release on the raids against HIG in Khost: In the Sabari and Bak Districts of Khost province, Afghan and coalition forces targeted a Hezb-e Islami […]
Suicide bomber hits Afghan Army recruiting center in the north
The Taliban claimed the attack, which killed at least 37 people, including four children.
ISAF targets another IMU commander in Baghlan
After a lull in raids against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in the Afghan north, ISAF has stepped up operations there over the past several days. ISAF and Afghan special operations forces launched another raid against the IMU, again in the Burkah district in Baghlan: Afghan and coalition security forces targeted an Islamic […]
ISAF kills, captures IMU leaders in Afghan north
Two Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders were killed in Samangan, and another was captured in Balkh.