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13 Taliban fighters killed in US airstrikes in Pakistan
By Bill Roggio
A Taliban leader responsible for training suicide bombers is reported to be among those killed during the pair of airstrikes in Baitullah Mehsud's tribal areas.
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Latest Headlines:US sanctions Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades and Qods Force adviser
July 2, 2009 5:46 PM ET
By Bill Roggio  A deputy to Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani, Qods Force's commander, was designated for directly supporting the Mahdi Army Special Groups activity inside Iraq.
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Haqqani Network captures US soldier in Afghanistan
July 2, 2009 1:23 PM ET
By Bill Roggio Mullah Sangeen Zadran, a senior lieutenant to Sirajuddin Haqqani, took credit for the kidnapping and said the soldier's fate is in the hands of the Taliban leadership.
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US sanctions Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba and al Qaeda leaders
July 2, 2009 12:05 AM ET
By Bill Roggio  Four terror leaders are singled out, while Pakistani terror groups in Kashmir and the Northern Areas are thriving.
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Pakistani Army rejects North Waziristan operation
July 1, 2009 2:29 PM ET
By Bill Roggio The military dropped pamphlets over the Taliban-controlled tribal agency, announcing the peace agreement is intact and saying the military would retaliate only if attacked.
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Coalition strikes at Haqqani Network in eastern Afghanistan
June 30, 2009 9:34 AM ET
By Bill Roggio Dozens of fighters led by Siraj Haqqani have been killed or captured over the past several days. The US military calls the Haqqanis "one of the most lethal Taliban organizations operating out of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas."
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Taliban end North Waziristan peace agreement
June 29, 2009 9:00 PM ET
By Bill Roggio The government and military have purposefully avoided a confrontation with Hafiz Gul Bahadar and the Haqqani Network, but may get one anyway.
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Taliban kill 12 soldiers in North Waziristan ambush
June 28, 2009 8:59 PM ET
By Bill Roggio The ambush capped a bloody weekend in the Waziristan region, where the military has yet to take on Baitullah Mehsud in a full-fledged ground offensive.
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Pakistan places bounties on Baitullah and other senior Taliban leaders
June 28, 2009 9:11 AM ET
By Bill Roggio Faqir Mohmmed, Qari Hussain Mehsud, Hakeemullah Mehsud, and Omar Khalid top the wanted list, but Siraj Haqqani, Hafiz Gul Bahadar, and Mullah Nazir are absent.
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Taliban commanders survive US airstrike at funeral
June 25, 2009 10:17 AM ET
By Bill Roggio Qari Hussain Mehsud and Mullah Sangeen survived Tuesday's airstrike that was aimed at South Waziristan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
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Senior Taliban leaders targeted in yesterday's Predator strikes
June 24, 2009 9:32 AM ET
By Bill Roggio Baitullah Mehsud, Qari Hussain Mehsud, and Mullah Sangeen Zadran were the targets of the follow-on Predator attack in South Waziristan that killed 83 Taliban fighters. Sangeen and Qari Hussain were reported killed, although this has not been confirmed.
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Scores of Taliban killed in second US strike in South Waziristan
June 23, 2009 12:30 PM ET
By Bill Roggio Predators fired on the funeral of a Taliban commander near Baitullah Mehsud's stronghold in Makeen. More than 65 Taliban fighters were reported killed in the attack.
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Six killed in US Predator attack in South Waziristan
June 23, 2009 2:01 AM ET
By Bill Roggio The latest US airstrike in Pakistan’s tribal areas hit a compound in Ladha, a region run by Baitullah Mehsud.
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Baitullah's rival killed in Dera Ismail Khan
June 23, 2009 12:26 AM ET
By Bill Roggio  One of Baitullah Mehsud's followers shot and killed Qari Zainuddin Mehsud in Dera Ismail Khan. Zainuddin had denounced Baitullah and claimed he would fight alongside the military against Baitullah in South Waziristan.
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Pakistani aircraft pound Taliban in South Waziristan
June 22, 2009 4:28 PM ET
By Bill Roggio More than 30 Taliban fighters are reported to have been killed in air and artillery strikes against Baitullah Mehsud's followers in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency.
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Ingush President wounded as Caucasus Emirate revives martyrdom operations
June 22, 2009 12:51 PM ET
By Benjamin Shapiro Two of President Yevkurov's bodyguards are killed in a suicide car bombing that targeted his convoy. This attack and others cast doubts that the insurgency is logistically impaired.
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Senior Al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban leaders meet with Baitullah
June 21, 2009 2:02 AM ET
By Bill Roggio  Siraj Haqqani, Abu Yahya al Libi, Abdul Haq, and two senior Taliban commanders met with the Pakistani Taliban chief to advise him to redirect his activities toward Afghanistan. The meeting took place the same week the US and Pakistani military launched airstrikes in South Waziristan and wounded a senior terrorist leader.
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Pakistani military begins ground phase of South Waziristan offensive
June 20, 2009 1:15 PM ET
By Bill Roggio More than 30 of Baitullah Mehsud’s Taliban fighters are reported to have been killed in ground and air attacks.
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Pakistan arrests Sufi Mohammed: report
June 20, 2009 1:14 AM ET
By Bill Roggio  Sufi Mohammed, the pro-Taliban cleric behind the Malakand Accord, is reportedly in custody in Peshawar. He is the latest TNSM leader to be rounded up.
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Somali security minister assassinated in suicide attack
June 18, 2009 12:34 PM ET
By Bill Roggio More than 20 people, including the security minister and the former ambassador to Ethiopia, were killed in a suicide attack in central Somalia.
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US strikes target Mullah Nazir in South Waziristan
June 18, 2009 9:05 AM ET
By Bill Roggio  Separate Predator attacks targeted a training camp and a madrassa in the tribal areas run by the South Waziristan Taliban warlord.
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Today In...IraqTwo Iraqis were killed and nine were wounded in a bombing in Kirkuk. Security forces detained two wanted men in Makhmour. Four electricity towers were bombed in Baghdad. A US UAV crashed near Al Kut. AfghanistanUS Marines killed more than 30 Taliban fighters during a shootout and subsequent airstrike on a compound in Helmand's Garmsir district. One Marine was killed during the fighting in Helmand. Russia has agreed to allow NATO weapons shipments to pass through its territory. SomaliaSeven Somalis were killed during clashes between Hizbul Islam and government forces in northern Mogadishu. Ethiopian troops have moved near Beledweyn in central Somalia. President Sharif accused Shabaab and Hizbul Islam of using child soldiers in Somalia. "Terrorists spend effort to trick young children...Al Qaeda is involved in this," Sharif said. IranAhmadinejad's campaign manager claimed the president won the election fairly. The Guardian Council closed the file on the post-election review. The Justice minister said that Iran's enemies' efforts to "distort" the election were fruitless. Iranian security forces arrested seven "anti-revolutionary elements" in northern Iran. PakistanA Waziri tribal leader said Mullah Nazir would sit out the fighting in South Waziristan; Nazir denied the report. The military killed 23 Taliban in Swat and moved troops to the border of Afghanistan's Helmand province. The Taliban wounded 37 civilians in a suicide aatack on a bus used by a nuclear facility in Rawalpindi, two policemen in an IED attack in Peshawar, and two civilians in a grenade attack in Dera Ismail Khan. United StatesAt least three Somali Americans living in Minneapolis reportedly have been indicted for recruiting more than 20 young men to fight for al Qaeda-linked Shabaab in Somalia. One of the recruits became a suicide bomber. The indictments are reportedly still sealed and may be released in the next few weeks. AfghanistanThe Haqqani Network captured a US soldier who left his post in Paktika province. US Marines and Afghan troops took control of the Khanishin district in Helmand province during the first day of a large scale operation in southern Afghanistan. News on the web: |
