Taliban assassinate key district governor in Afghan south
A Taliban suicide bomber killed a district governor who has been instrumental in getting local Taliban groups to reconcile with the government in the southern province of Kandahar. Sayed Fazuldin Agha,...
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Shabaab names new leader of Kenyan branch
Sheikh Ahmad Iman Ali, the leader of Shabaab's branch in Kenya, from a videotape released on Jan. 6. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, has designated a...
View ArticleUN adds 2 Haqqani Network leaders to terrorist list
The United Nations Security Council has added two senior Haqqani Network leaders to its list of individuals who are associated with the Taliban. One of the Haqqani Network leaders was appointed by al...
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Hakeemullah Mehsud rumored killed in recent drone strike
Hakeemullah Mehsud, left. AFP photo. Pakistani intelligence officials believe that Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and a close ally of al Qaeda, has been...
View ArticleAQAP fighters seize control of Yemeni town, swear allegiance to Zawahiri
View Larger Map Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has taken control of yet another major town in Yemen. The AQAP fighters are led by the brother-in-law of Anwar al Awlaki, and they have sworn...
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Algerian court sentences ex-Gitmo detainee to 3 years in prison
Nadji Abdelaziz. An Algerian court sentenced an ex-Guantanamo detainee to three years in prison on Monday for his involvement with an extremist group. Prosecutors had sought a 10-year prison sentence...
View ArticleLeaders of German al Qaeda cell living in Iran
In early October 2010, US forces launched a drone airstrike against a militant compound in North Waziristan, Pakistan. The intent of the strike was to kill members of a German al Qaeda cell that had...
View ArticleTaliban kill 20 Afghans in suicide attack, bombings in the south
Over the past two days, the Taliban have killed 20 Afghans, including policemen and political leaders, during suicide and roadside bomb attacks in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand. The...
View ArticleSenior al Qaeda leader killed in recent drone strike: report
A senior al Qaeda operative who served as an aide to al Qaeda's external operations chief was killed in a drone strike last week, according to US officials. The report has not been confirmed. Aslam...
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AQAP commander says 'the Islamic Caliphate is coming'
Tariq al Dhabab. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. The al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander who took control of a town in central Yemen late last week has released a short videotape...
View ArticleBritish Shabaab operative killed in airstrike in Somalia
Shabaab said that a British national who was " from the early people who came to jihad in Somalia" was killed in a US drone airstrike. The British citizen, who was identified as Bilal al Berqawi, was...
View ArticleUS Predators kill 4 'militants' in North Waziristan
Unmanned US strike aircraft attacked terrorist targets in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency for the third time in less than three weeks, killing four "militants" in an area known to serve as...
View ArticlePakistani military accuses US of intentionally killing troops in Mohmand
The Pakistani military dismissed the US military's investigation into the cross-border incident that killed 24 Pakistani troops in the Mohmand tribal agency late last November, and accused the US...
View ArticleShabaab suicide bomber targets Ethiopian troops
A Shabaab suicide bomber attacked an Ethiopian military compound in western Somalia today, killing an unknown number of troops. Shabaab claimed credit for the attack. The attack took place in the city...
View ArticleAnsar al Jihad swears allegiance to al Qaeda's emir
Ansar al Jihad, a newly formed Islamist terror group in Egypt, has sworn allegiance to al Qaeda's emir. Ansar al Jihad in the Sinai Peninsula made the announcement yesterday in a statement that was...
View ArticleISAF captures senior Taliban commander in Helmand
In a raid earlier this month, International Security Assistance Force personnel captured a senior Taliban military commander who directed operations against NATO and Afghan forces in northern Helmand...
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US adds IMU, IJU operatives to list of global terrorists
The US State Department added two operatives from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and another from the Islamic Jihad Union to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The designation...
View ArticleAl Qaeda releases video of Saudi al Qaeda fighter killed in Waziristan
A jihadist forum has released a video of an al Qaeda fighter from Saudi Arabia who was killed in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled Waziristan tribal areas in 2009. Yesterday the al Qaeda-linked al-Fida'...
View ArticleIslamist Egyptian MP calls for Zawahiri's return
A member of the newly elected Egyptian parliament has called for al Qaeda's emir to return to the country "with his head held high and safely." Aboud al Zomor, who served as the first emir of the...
View ArticleAfghan, ISAF troops kill IMU leader in north
During a recent raid in Afghanistan's northern province of Takhar, Afghan and US troops killed an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader who was involved in suicide operations. The Coalition's report of...
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