Al Qaeda 'weapons expert' killed in eastern Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed an al Qaeda "weapons expert" during an operation in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika several days ago. The raid is the 19th that has been...
View ArticleAfghan policeman kills 2 British soldiers in Helmand
An Afghan policeman killed two British soldiers and wounded four more today before being killed himself in return fire in the southern province of Helmand. The attack is the latest in the long string...
View ArticleAfghan police kill 4 more Coalition troops
Afghan policemen turned on their allies again, killing four more Coalition soldiers in an attack in southern Afghanistan. The green-on-blue, or insider attack, as the Coalition has begun to call such...
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6 Harrier jets destroyed, 2 damaged in Taliban assault on Camp Bastion
AV-8B Harriers operating in Afghanistan. Image from the US Department of Defense. Friday night's "well-coordinated" suicide assault on Camp Bastion resulted in the destruction of six US Harrier strike...
View ArticleAl Qaeda 'facilitator' killed in Kunar airstrike
An al Qaeda facilitator was among several jihadist leaders killed in three separate airstrikes on Saturday in the terrorist haven of Kunar province in northeastern Afghanistan. Asadullah, an "al...
View ArticleUS military suspends combat patrols with Afghan forces
The US military today suspended most of its combat patrols with Afghan forces as the green-on-blue, or insider attacks by Afghan security personnel on Coalition troops, continue to spike. The training...
View ArticleFemale suicide bomber from Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin strikes in Kabul
Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) has claimed credit for a suicide attack in Kabul today that targeted foreigners and was executed by a female. At least 12 people, mostly foreign workers, were killed in...
View ArticleIMU's leader for Kunduz captured during raid
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's top leader for the northern province of Kunduz, a major safe haven for the terror group. Another IMU who...
View Article'Foreign militants' still present in Ghazni
Just days after al Qaeda released a video of its fighters conducting operations in Ghazni, Afghan officials said that "foreign militants" are continuing to flood the southeastern province. Musa Khan...
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Ex-Gitmo detainee reportedly tied to consulate attack
Sufyan ben Qumu. A former Guantanamo detainee named Sufyan ben Qumu has been tied to the Sept. 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, including the US ambassador,...
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ISAF data show insurgent attacks down, civilian casualties up
NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has released its monthly data trends report for August. ISAF's data show that while the number of enemy-initiated attacks (EIAs) thus far this year...
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Al Nusrah Front claims 5 suicide attacks in Syria in past month
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, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that is fighting...
View ArticleWill Europe outlaw Hezbollah?
BERLIN -- The July suicide bombing of a bus full of Israeli tourists at the seaside Bulgarian resort of Burgas, which killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian bus driver, catapulted the Lebanese-based...
View ArticlePakistani al Qaeda 'facilitator' killed in Kunar airstrike
Special operations forces killed an al Qaeda "facilitator" from Pakistan in an airstrike in the remote eastern Afghan province of Kunar, which has served as a terrorist safe haven. The al Qaeda...
View ArticleAl Nusrah front claims complex suicide assault on Syrian Army HQ
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that is fighting Bashir al Assad's regime in Syria, has claimed credit for the Sept. 26 complex suicide assault on...
View ArticleISAF targets another 'al Qaeda-associated Taliban leader' in Kunar
Coalition special operations continue to target al Qaeda's network in Afghanistan's Kunar province. Yesterday, an "al Qaeda-associated Taliban leader" was the focus of a raid in the Pech district....
View ArticleISAF soldier, civilian contractor killed in latest green-on-blue attack
Members of the Afghan National Security Forces again turned on their Western allies, killing a Coalition soldier and a civilian contractor in a firefight in a dangerous district in eastern Afghanistan....
View ArticleUS drones kill 3 'rebels' in Mir Ali strike
The US killed three "rebels" in a drone strike on a vehicle in the Mir Ali Area of the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today. The remotely piloted Predators or the more advanced...
View ArticleTaliban suicide bomber kills 14, including 3 ISAF troops
The Taliban have claimed credit for a suicide attack on a military convoy today in the eastern Afghan province of Khost that killed 14 people, including three Western soldiers. The suicide bomber...
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Al Qaeda ally orchestrated assault on US embassy in Tunisia
Al Qaeda's banner flies over the US embassy in Tunisia. Image posted on Facebook. On Sept. 14, the US embassy in Tunis came under assault. The American staff evacuated the embassy unscathed, but the...
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