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2 Uighur Gitmo detainees transferred to El Salvador
Ahmed Mohamed. The Department of Defense announced the transfer of two Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to El Salvador yesterday. The two detainees were not named in the DoD's press release. But...
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Afghan intelligence seizes 11 tons of explosives, thwarts additional terror...
Five suspected Taliban members, including three Pakistani nationals, stand in front of 11 tons of potassium chlorate homemade explosive seized during an intelligence operation in April 2012. Source:...
View ArticleISAF targets IMU commander linked to Kabul suicide plots
Coalition and Afghan special operations teams recently targeted a senior Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan "facilitator" who is suspected of plotting attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The IMU...
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Taliban, Haqqani factions attack tribal rivals in North Waziristan; 10 dead
At least 10 people, including five local Taliban, have been killed and dozens injured after hundreds of Taliban fighters loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Sirajuddin Haqqani clashed with local...
View ArticleDeath of al Qaeda Shura member confirmed by widow
The widow of a member of al Qaeda's Shura Majlis, or executive council, recently confirmed that her husband and two sons were killed in a US drone airstrike in Pakistan last fall. The widow of Abu...
View ArticleAQAP commander thought killed in US drone strike
A senior al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader who trained at a camp in Afghanistan more than a decade ago was killed in a recent airstrike in southern Yemen. The airstrike is one of two thought to...
View ArticleISAF targets Haqqani Network commander linked to IMU
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces attempted to capture a senior Haqqani Network operative who is linked to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's leadership cadre in Pakistan. The combined...
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Egyptian jihadist killed in recent US Predator strike in Yemen
Abu Musab al Masri. Source: SITE Intelligence Group. An Egyptian jihadist who fought alongside al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and its political front, Ansar al Sharia, was killed in a recent US...
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ISAF captures IMU facilitator in Wardak province
Map of Afghanistan's provinces. Click map to view larger image. Coalition and Afghan special operations teams captured an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator in the same district where 38 US...
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Taliban website hacked for 3rd time in a year
Images of the Taliban executing women were displayed after the group's website was hacked in 2010. For the third time in less than a year, the Taliban's El Emara website has been hacked. Images of...
View ArticleTaliban attacks kill 12 Afghan policemen
The Taliban killed 12 Afghan policemen in a pair of attacks in the south and east today. One of the attacks was an assassination attempt against the governor of Kandahar. In the larger of the two...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 4 'militants' in North Waziristan
Today the US launched its first drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency in nearly a month. The strike in North Waziristan targeted an abandoned school that is known to be used by...
View ArticleGerman jihadist killed by US in March drone strike
A German jihadist is thought to have been killed in an airstrike carried out by US drones on March 9 in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan. The German, a known "Islamist"...
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Al Nusrah Front claims credit for suicide bombing in Damascus
Banner for the Al Nusrah Front, a jihadist group in Syria. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. An al Qaeda-linked terror group in Syria known as the Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant...
View ArticleAQAP confirms commander linked to Osama bin Laden killed in drone strike
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula confirmed that a senior leader was killed in a recent US drone airstrike in Yemen. The commander had trained in Afghanistan and served as a member of Osama bin Laden's...
View ArticleShabaab suicide bomber kills 3 members of Somali parliament
A Shabaab suicide bomber killed three members of Somalia's parliament in an attack today at a hotel in Dusamareb, a city controlled by a militia that supports the government. The suicide bomber...
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Afghan intel confirms death of senior Afghan Taliban leader, possibly 25 others
Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) Chief testified to the Afghan Senate today that Maluvi Mohammad Ismail, who until last year served as the Military Council Chairman for the...
View ArticleTaliban launch suicide assault in Kabul following Obama's departure
Just hours following President Barack Obama's departure from Afghanistan after signing a strategic agreement with President Hamid Karzai, the Taliban launched a complex suicide assault targeting a...
View ArticleTaliban announce start of Al Farooq spring offensive
Today the Taliban announced the beginning of their yearly spring offensive, in an official statement released on their propaganda website, Voice of Jihad. The Taliban statement, which was released in...
View ArticleISAF captures IMU leader in Kunduz
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured a leader of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan during a raid today in northern Afghanistan. The IMU leader, who was involved with...
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