Updated statistics for US strikes in Pakistan, through September 2009
October 4, 2009 8:39 PM ET
By Bill Roggio Charts on the number of US airstrikes inside Pakistan per yer, the frequency of strikes in 2008 and 2009, the number of deaths in 2008 and 2009, civilian casualties and Taliban/al Qaeda casuaties, a distribution of strikes by tribal agencies, the territories targeted, and the distribution of high value targets killed in territories managed by individual Taliban commanders. See LWJ report, Analysis: A look at US airstrikes in Pakistan through September 2009 for a breakdown of the data. US strikes in Pakistan, by the numbers
August 5, 2009 10:44 AM ET
By Bill Roggio Charts on the number of US airstrikes inside Pakistan per yer, the frequency of strikes in 2008 and 2009, the number of deaths in 2008 and 2009, a distribution of strikes by tribal agencies, and the territories targeted. See LWJ report, US Predator strikes in Pakistan: Observations for a breakdown of the data. The Taliban leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan
July 29, 2009 2:14 AM ET
By Bill Roggio
Click the photo o Baitullah Mehsud to view the presentation. The Taliban leader presentation looks at the major players in the Taliban movement in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Taliban movement spans the Pashtun tribal areas from western Pakistan to eastern and southern Afghanistan. Taliban leaders in Pakistan, such as Baitullah Mehsud, have sworn fealty to Mullah Omar and provide active support for attacks against NATO and Afghan security forces. Many of the Taliban leaders are closely associated with al Qaeda's Osama bin Laden, Ayman al Zawahiri, or other al Qaeda leaders. The presentation will be updated as photos of Taliban commanders become available.
The leaders of the Haqqani Network
July 17, 2009 8:39 PM ET
By Bill Roggio
Click the photo to view a presentation on the leaders of the Haqqani Network. The Haqqani Network is one of the most dangerous Taliban groups in Afghanistan. The Haqqanis are based in North Waziristan in Pakistan, as well as in the eastern Afghan provinces of Khost, Paktika, and Paktia. Patriarch Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son Sirajuddin have extensive ties to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, Mullah Omar, and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency. |




