Suicide bomber kills 12, including 3 ISAF troops, in Afghan northwest
A suicide bomber killed 12 people, including three Coalition troops, in an attack at a park in the capital of the northwestern Afghan province of Faryab. The attack occurred less than two weeks after...
View ArticleShabaab claims bombing at Mogadishu theater
Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in East Africa, claimed credit for today's bombing at the national theater that killed 10 people, including the presidents of Somalia's Olympic committee and soccer...
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Turkish jihadist group has agreement to train with Afghan Taliban
Cemaat-ul-Islam emir Abu Bara'a Turki. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. A Turkish jihadist group known as the Cemaat-ul-Islam [Jamaat or Assembly of Islam] has an agreement with the Afghan...
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Report: Osama bin Laden helped plan Mumbai attacks
Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed. Osama bin Laden was in close contact with Hafiz Saeed, the wanted chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and helped plan the 2008 Mumbai attack, according to a report in...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills chief of Kunar's peace council
A suicide bomber killed the chief of Afghanistan's peace council in the Taliban haven of Kunar province. The attack is the latest to target government officials and security personnel throughout the...
View ArticleISAF captures IMU suicide attack facilitator, financier in raids in Afghan north
Coalition special operations forces captured an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan suicide attack facilitator in the remote province of Badakhshan in northeastern Afghanistan yesterday. The raid occurred a...
View Article'We do jihad,' says Lashkar-e-Taiba emir Hafiz Saeed
During a Friday sermon in Lahore, Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the emir of the al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Taiba who is wanted by the US and protected by Pakistan, called on Muslims to wage jihad against...
View ArticleUS drones kill 8 AQAP fighters in southern Yemen
US drones killed eight al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, including three foreign "Arabs," in an airstrike in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa late last night. The unmanned Predators or...
View ArticleSpecial operations forces kill newly appointed IMU leader for Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed the newly appointed leader for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's forces in Afghanistan during a raid in the northwest several...
View ArticleTaliban suicide bombers kill 17 in attacks in south, west
The Taliban conducted suicide attacks in southern and western Afghanistan that killed 17 people, including seven policemen, and wounded scores more. The latest in a series of suicide bombings, today's...
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US to conduct its last 'clearing' operation of the Afghan war
The 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division will begin a major 'clearing' operation shortly. The brigade recently deployed to the Andar district of Ghazni province in Eastern Afghanistan and took...
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Senior al Qaeda ideologue leaves Iran for Mauritania
Abu Hafs al Mauritani, a senior al Qaeda religious thinker known as "Mr. Theology," has reportedly left Iran for his home country. According to some press accounts, the Iranians "extradited" Abu Hafs...
View ArticleIMU facilitator killed during night raid in Afghan north
Last night Coalition and Afghan special operations forces again targeted the leadership cadre of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan during a raid in the northwestern province of Faryab....
View ArticleUS drones kill 21 AQAP fighters in separate strikes in southern Yemen
Unmanned US strike aircraft killed 21 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in two separate strikes in southern Yemen over the past several days. One of the strikes took place in an area where...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban assault prison, free nearly 400 inmates
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan launched a nighttime assault on a prison in northwestern Pakistan, freeing nearly 400 inmates, including "hardcore militants." A Taliban force estimated at 150...
View ArticleTaliban launch coordinated attacks in Kabul and 3 provinces
The Taliban launched coordinated attacks in the Afghan capital and three other provinces today. In Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, US and Afghan forces repelled a suicide assault on a military base....
View ArticleUS Predators strike again in southern Yemen
US drones killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike today in an area that is currently under the terror group's control. The unmanned and heavily armed Predators or the more...
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Sudanese al Qaeda fighter killed in Yemen
Banner announcing the death of Bara'a Muhammad Salim al Sudani. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. A well-known jihadist Internet forum has announced that a Sudanese fighter who fought with a top...
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Ex-Gitmo detainee delivers ransom demands for kidnapped Saudi
Mishaal Mohammed Rasheed al Shadoukhi. Photo courtesy of the NEFA Foundation. On March 28, a Saudi diplomat named Abdullah al Khalidi was kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in the...
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Taliban release photos, videos of Kabul suicide teams
Photographs of the suicide assault teams that struck in Kabul, Paktia, Logar, and Nangarhar on April 15, 2012. Photos from Voice of Jihad. The Afghan Taliban have released photos and videos of members...
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