Taliban suicide bomber kills 4 French soldiers
A Taliban suicide bomber dressed in women's clothing killed four French soldiers in an attack on a convoy in the central Afghan province of Kapisa today. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack. The...
View ArticleNew details emerge about complex attack on FOB Salerno
New details have emerged regarding last week's Taliban attack on Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province, Afghanistan. Although the insurgents were repelled by US and Afghan government forces,...
View ArticleAl Qaeda media chief laments deaths of 2 Pakistani clerics
Al Qaeda's media emir for Pakistan issued a eulogy for two Pakistani clerics, including one who had openly supported jihad and the Taliban and other terror groups operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan....
View ArticleStudy shows Saudi ambivalence on radicalism
On May 27, an airstrike by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in northeastern Afghanistan killed Sakhr al Taifi, a Saudi citizen and al Qaeda's deputy commander for Afghanistan. As The...
View ArticleNGOs are 'targets' in South Waziristan, say Pakistani Taliban
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan recently ordered civilians to leave South Waziristan and threatened to target members of nongovernmental organizations, contractors, and truck drivers operating...
View ArticleYemeni Army drives AQAP from 2 key strongholds in southern Yemen
The Yemeni Army dealt al Qaeda and its political front, Ansar al Sharia, a major defeat today by driving the terror group from the key southern cities of Zinjibar and Jaar after weeks of heavy...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 9 AQAP fighters in Yemen
The US launched an airstrike against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters who have fled the two major strongholds in southern Yemen. The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired missiles at a compound...
View ArticleNorth Waziristan drone strike kills 4 'militants'
The US launched the first Predator drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan since al Qaeda leader Abu Yahya al Libi was killed there in an attack nine days ago....
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Al Nusrah front claims latest suicide attack in Syria
Banner for the Al Nusrah Front, a jihadist group in Syria. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, a jihadist group in Syria linked to al Qaeda, has...
View ArticleUS drones strike in Miramshah's bazaar, kill 3 militants
US drones struck for the second time in 24 hours in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Today's strike, which took place in the early morning, targeted the fighters "on the...
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AQAP destroys tombs in southern Yemen
As the Yemeni military presses its offensive against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula strongholds in Abyan province, the terror group released a video of the destruction of a tomb in Jaar just before...
View Article'Good' Taliban commander halts polio vaccinations over drone strikes
A Taliban leader in North Waziristan who is favored by the Pakistani state has banned polio vaccinations until the US stops conducting drone airstrikes in the tribal areas. Hafiz Gul Bahadar, the...
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Jordanian cleric extols jihad at funeral of AQAP fighter
Omar Mahdi Zeidan. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. A Jordanian cleric from Abu Musab al Zarqawi's home town of Zarqa recently gave a speech praising a jihadist who was killed in a US drone...
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Key Mumbai plotter arrested in Saudi Arabia
Abu Jundal. Image from The Hindu. A key suspect in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, was arrested in Saudi Arabia earlier this month and then turned over to Indian authorities....
View ArticleISAF kills Lashkar-e-Taiba's leader for Kunar in airstrike
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed the leader of the al Qaeda-linked, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, or Army of the Pure, during an airstrike yesterday in the remote eastern...
View ArticleUS drones strike again in the Shawal Valley
The US launched its second straight drone strike in a remote valley in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, killing eight "militants." The remotely piloted Predators...
View ArticleISAF targets al Qaeda leader in Kunar
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted an al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in the remote northeastern province of Kunar yesterday, killing "numerous" insurgents. Yesterday's operation...
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Report: Al Qaeda trained Mumbai attackers
Abu Jundal. Image from The Hindu. Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, the alleged facilitator of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, has proven to be a "treasure trove of information" for Indian investigators,...
View ArticleSaudi al Qaeda commander confirmed killed in Kunar airstrike
The Coalition confirmed that an al Qaeda military commander from Saudi Arabia was killed in Sunday's airstrike in Kunar province that killed "several" al Qaeda operatives. The International Security...
View Article4 AQAP fighters killed in drone strike in southern Yemen
The US killed four people, including two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, in a drone airstrike in southern Yemen. The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired missiles at a vehicle in Shabwa...
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