Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan, confirmed that Abdullah Said al Libi was killed in a US airstrike. Yazid confirmed this in a tape praising the suicide attack on the CIA base in Khost.
The US killed 17 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters during a dual attack on a training camp in North Waziristan. The Abdullah Azzam Brigade opened an illegal FM radio station in Khyber. Police seized 700 kilograms of explosives in Swabi.
ISAF said 23 “key insurgent leaders” were killed in eastern Afghanistan between mid-November and December 2009.
Srinagar gunbattle: JUM claims responsibilty, 100 evacuated
Aircraft twice hit a Taliban training camp in Datta Khel. Two “foreigners” are reported to have been killed in the third strike this year.
Three security personnel were killed in an attack on an Army barracks. It was the fourth suicide attack in Pakistan-held Kashmir since June 2009.
The Taliban desecrated the grave of a religious leader and destroyed six Shia shrines in Arakzai, and bombed a school in Bajaur. Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in South Waziristan and Swat. The Army claimed 80 percent of Mohmand has been cleared.
After days of rumors swirling around the identity of the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA agents and a Jordanian intelligence official on Combat Outpost Chapman in Khost province on Dec. 30, the mystery seems to have been solved. The Jordanian intelligence agent recruited a Jordanian doctor who was a known jihadist. The bomber provided […]
Jordan says ‘no proof’ Balawi was CIA suicide bomber
CIA bomber coerced to work for Jordan spy agency
The Taliban and the government continue to battle for control of the tribal area. Anti-Taliban tribal militias have been hit hard.
US spies walked into al-Qaeda’s trap
Waziristan war in critical stage
The US conducted 47 percent more strikes in 2009 than in 2008, and there is no sign the intensity of the campaign will abate in 2010.
Pakistan – Taliban release Baitullah™s in-laws
Behind Afghan bombing, an agent with many loyalties
The Taliban set a village on fire in Arakzai to punish villagers for not backing them against the military. The military killed seven Taliban fighters in Bajaur and five more in South Waziristan. The five US jihadis detained last month claimed they intended to fight in Afghanistan, not Pakistan.
Al Sahwa (one of my favorite blogs on issues related to the war and counterinsurgency) points us to a presentation by Colonel Andrea Thompson on the state of the Afghan insurgency as viewed by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Al Sahwa has a good rundown on the important points, so head over there to […]
The Taliban killed a former provincial minister in Hangu and two tribal elders in Bajaur. The US killed two Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. The Pakistani military killed eight Taliban fighters and detained 25 more in South Waziristan, and captured a suicide bomber in Buner.
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The strike is the third in the Mir Ali region in North Waziristan since New Year’s Eve. Taliban commander Sadir Noor was the target of the strike.
Pakistan blast kills ex-minister
Yesterday, Qari Hussain Mehsud, the notorious mastermind of suicide attacks in Pakistan, took credit for the suicide attack that hit the CIA base in Khost province, Afghanistan. Today, ABC News reported that the person who carried out the attack was an informant from North Waziristan, Pakistan: The informant was a Pakistani and a member of […]
Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Four Taliban fighters and one soldier were killed in fighting in South Waziristan. Mullah Fazlullah’s driver surrendered to authorities in Swat. The Taliban bombed two schools and a health clinic in Bajaur.
Pakistani village is defiant after brutal Taliban bombing
Pakistan govt under pressure after deadly attack
Pakistan: Issue of placing ISI under civilian control shelved, said President Zardari
Haji Omar Khan, a long-time ally of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, was killed in the attack in Machi Khel, according to his family.
Different Taliban groups claim role in Afghanistan bombing