USS Cole bomber killed in US drone strike in Yemen
The Yemeni Embassy said Fahd al Quso was killed in an airstrike in Shabwa province. A US intelligence official told The Long War Journal that Quso was the target of a strike.
Tag Archives: Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Taliban stronger than before US troop surge: lawmakers
Pakistan
US drones killed 10 militants in North Waziristan. Pakistan’s parliament condemned the US strike and said such attacks are “a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Sixteen Taliban fighters surrendered in Kurram.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda’s revenge in Bajaur
Afghanistan
Despite Pakistani condemnation, US to continue drone strikes: Panetta
Bin Laden docs: Al Qaeda asserts authority in letter to Pakistani Taliban leader
The letter shows a confident al Qaeda leadership working to maintain order and consistent behavior within the ranks of its affiliates in Pakistan.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Security breach: Distance terror planning from prison cells
US drones kill 10 in North Waziristan
The strike took place in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan. Al Qaeda and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan have sheltered in the area in the past.
Afghanistan
US doesn’t expect Pakistan to reopen Afghan war supply routes soon
Osama requested safe house in Peshawar for his son Hamza
In the past, al Qaeda has not shied away from putting its top leaders in Pakistan’s major cities.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 20 in Pakistan’s northwest
The movement of the Taliban claimed credit for the suicide bombing in Pakistan’s contested tribal agency of Bajaur.
Pakistan
Pakistan wants alternative to drone attacks: FO
Bin Laden advised relocation of some leaders to Afghanistan due to drone strikes in Waziristan
In late 2010, the al Qaeda emir said some of the group’s leaders and operatives should relocate from North and South Waziristan to the eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar, Nuristan, Ghazni, and Zabul.
ISAF captures IMU leader in Kunduz
Special operations forces have targeted two different IMU leaders in the Imam Sahib district over the past three days.
Al Qaeda
Pentagon signals ‘acute’ problems in Afghanistan, even as US cuts forces
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden Raid Fallout – Aid Groups in Pakistan Are Suspect
Pakistan
Pakistan – Hate campaign against Ahmadis reaches new heights
Al Qaeda
Hundreds pay tribute to bin Laden in Quetta
Al Qaeda
Pakistan – Death threats for bin Laden demolition man
Al Qaeda
NATO supply routes closure causing massive equipment backlog: US DoD
Al Qaeda
Sacked medic recalls knocking on Bin Laden’s door
Afghanistan
Crocker assuages regional concerns
Al Qaeda
Obama’s Afghanistan speech: a small view of the war sparked by 9/11
Al Qaeda
Electioneering President sees end of war in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
US-Afghan pact leaves door open for drone strikes
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Intelligence Chief Calls on Tribal Elders to Discourage Insurgency
Taliban launch suicide assault in Kabul following Obama’s departure
Five Taliban fighters and five civilians were killed in the assault on a civilian compound in the Afghan capital. The attack took place just hours after President Obama reiterated that the US seeks a negotiated settlement with the Taliban to end the war.
Al Qaeda
Osama Bin Laden: The night he came for dinner
Afghan intel confirms death of senior Afghan Taliban leader, possibly 25 others
The NDS chief confirmed that the Taliban executed Maluvi Mohammad Ismail, the former Deputy Military Council Chairman for the Quetta Shura. Twenty-five other senior Afghan Taliban leaders may also have been executed in Quetta, Pakistan for defying orders not to engage in talks with the Afghan government.
Al Qaeda
Pentagon report paints mixed picture of war in Afghanistan