http://www.longwarjournal.org/ en-us 2009-07-04T12:42:23-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/07/us_forces_repel_tali.php The complex assault on a base in Afghanistan's Paktika province was stopped short by US troops, who then hunted down the Haqqani Network fighters behind the attack. Bill Roggio 2009-07-04T12:42:23-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/07/13_taliban_fighters.php 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.]]> Bill Roggio 2009-07-03T07:37:26-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/07/us_sanctions_iraqi_h.php A deputy to Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani, Qods Force's commander, was designated for directly supporting the Mahdi Army Special Groups activity inside Iraq.]]> Bill Roggio 2009-07-02T17:46:22-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/07/haqqani_network_capt.php 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. Bill Roggio 2009-07-02T13:23:01-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/07/us_sanctions_pakista.php Four terror leaders are singled out, while Pakistani terror groups in Kashmir and the Northern Areas are thriving.]]> Bill Roggio 2009-07-02T00:05:14-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/07/pakistani_army_rejec_1.php 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. Bill Roggio 2009-07-01T14:29:43-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/06/coalition_strikes_at.php 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." Bill Roggio 2009-06-30T09:34:41-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/06/taliban_end_north_wa.php The government and military have purposefully avoided a confrontation with Hafiz Gul Bahadar and the Haqqani Network, but may get one anyway. Bill Roggio 2009-06-29T21:00:28-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/06/taliban_kill_12_sold.php 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. Bill Roggio 2009-06-28T20:59:58-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/06/pakistan_places_boun.php 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. Bill Roggio 2009-06-28T09:11:04-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/06/taliban_commanders_s.php Qari Hussain Mehsud and Mullah Sangeen survived Tuesday's airstrike that was aimed at South Waziristan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. Bill Roggio 2009-06-25T10:17:36-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/06/senior_taliban_leade.php 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. Bill Roggio 2009-06-24T09:32:46-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/06/seventeen_taliban_ki.php 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. Bill Roggio 2009-06-23T12:30:01-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/06/six_killed_in_us_pre.php The latest US airstrike in Pakistan’s tribal areas hit a compound in Ladha, a region run by Baitullah Mehsud. Bill Roggio 2009-06-23T02:01:08-05:00 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/06/baitullahs_rival_kil.php 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.]]> Bill Roggio 2009-06-23T00:26:47-05:00