US drones strike again in North Waziristan's Shawal Valley
US drones struck yet again in an area of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan that serves as a safe haven for al Qaeda and several Taliban groups. The remotely piloted...
View ArticleKashmiri jihadist commander killed in North Waziristan drone strike
A jihadist commander known to have fought in Kashmir was one of several "militants" killed a US drone strike in the Shawal Valley in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan last...
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Suicide bombings become commonplace in Syria
An Al Nusrah Front suicide bomber attacks Syrian forces. Photo courtesy of SITE Intelligence Group. For years, Bashar al Assad's regime sponsored the flow of suicide bombers and foreign fighters into...
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Badruddin Haqqani rumored killed in US drone strike
Badruddin Haqqani. Click to view slide show of the Haqqani Network leaders. US officials believe that Badruddin Haqqani, one of the top leaders of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network, may have been...
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Bajaur Taliban leader, deputy killed in airstrike in eastern Afghanistan
Mullah Dadullah (right), the emir of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan's branch in Bajaur. Photo from The Associated Press. The head of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan in the Bajaur...
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Turkistan Islamic Party leader thought killed in US drone strike
A Uighur terrorist, thought to be either Abdul Haq al Turkistani or Emeti Yakuf (Abdul Shakoor Turkistani), from a videotape released by the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party in 2008. The emir of the...
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Badruddin Haqqani 'is alive and healthy,' Taliban spokesman says
Badruddin Haqqani. Click to view slide show of the Haqqani Network leaders. A top spokesman for the Afghan Taliban denied reports that senior Haqqani Network leader Badruddin Haqqani was killed...
View ArticleAfghan soldier kills 2 ISAF troops in east
An Afghan soldier opened fire on Coalition soldiers in eastern Afghanistan, killing two of them before being killed himself in return fire. The attack is the latest in a string of so-called...
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Kenyan Muslims riot after murder of Shabaab-linked cleric
Muslim Youth Center ideological leader Sheikh Aboud Rogo Mohammed. Photo from Al Shahid. Kenyan Muslims in Mombasa have rioted for the second day in a row after a Shabaab-linked cleric who was...
View ArticleDangerous Pakistani Taliban commander thought killed
A Pakistani Taliban leader who has been responsible for numerous attacks and kidnappings in the tribal areas is rumored to have been killed by a family member. The report has not been confirmed....
View Article'Black Widow' assassinates moderate Muslim cleric in Russia's Caucasus
A "Black Widow" from the Islamic Caucasus Emirate, an al Qaeda-linked terror group operating in southern Russia, carried out yesterday's suicide attack in Dagestan that killed a moderate Sufi cleric...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills Saudi 'militant' in Yemen
The US killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a drone strike in Yemen yesterday. The strike, which reportedly killed a Saudi jihadist, is the first in Yemen more than three weeks. The...
View ArticleAfghan soldier kills 3 ISAF troops in Uruzgan province
An Afghan soldier opened fire on Coalition soldiers in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing three and wounding two more. The attack is the latest in the long string of so-called green-on-blue...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban 'chopped off the heads' of 7 Pakistani soldiers in South...
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed to have "chopped off the heads" of seven Pakistani soldiers after attacking a military outpost in South Waziristan. In all, the Taliban claimed to have...
View ArticleUS adds 8 Lashkar-e-Taiba members to terrorism list
The US Treasury Department has added eight Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leaders to the list of specially designated nationals. "Today's action against LeT is Treasury's most comprehensive to date against this...
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Afghan intelligence thwarts terror plots in Kabul, Logar, and Parwan
A gas cylinder and homemade explosives were part of the weapons cache confiscated during a raid by NDS personnel on Aug. 28. Homemade explosives were found concealed in kitchen appliances, pillows, a...
View ArticleUS drones strike again in Yemen, kill 8 AQAP fighters
US drones carried out the second strike in Yemen in three days, killing eight al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters as they were traveling in a car in eastern Yemen today. The unmanned Predators...
View Article6 killed in US drone strike in North Waziristan
US drones killed six "militants" in an area of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan that is known to serve as a haven for al Qaeda and the Haqqani Network. The strike is the...
View ArticleSenior al Qaeda leader, facilitator killed in airstrike in Kunar
The International Security Assistance Force confirmed that another Saudi al Qaeda leader was killed in an airstrike early last month in the terrorist haven of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. Abu...
View ArticleTaliban release video of beheaded Pakistani soldiers
Warning: the video is extremely graphic and shows the severed heads of Pakistani soldiers who were captured and beheaded by the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. - The Movement of the Taliban in...
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