March 9, 2010 9:47 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

March 9, 2010 4:20 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Muslim tribesmen massacred Christians in villages near the central city of Jos. More than 500 people are thought to have been killed.

March 8, 2010 7:29 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Al Qaeda's American spokesman, Adam Gadahn, called for more attacks on the US and praised the murder of 13 US soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, in November 2009.

March 5, 2010 5:17 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Iraq begins the process to select its new members of parliament in the first parliamentary election since January 2006.

March 3, 2010 3:22 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

The Pakistani military said the Taliban have been cleared from the Damadola region in Bajaur, a stronghold of Taliban commander Faqir Mohammed. The Frontier Corps said the operation was successful due to the help of local tribal militias.

March 2, 2010 6:27 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Below is the interview with Abu Dujanah al Khurasani, a longtime internet jihadi who was recruited by Jordanian intelligence to provide targeting information for the US' covert air campaign against al Qaeda's leaders and operations in Pakistan's tribal areas. Khurasani (who is also known as Humam Khalil Muhammed Abu Mulal al Balawi) turned on his handlers and carried out the suicide attack against the CIA at Combat Outpost Chapman in Khost province. Seven CIA agents and a Jordanian intelligence official were killed in the attack, which took place on Dec. 30, 2009. The interview is in four parts due to YouTube restrictions on length. The transcript is available here, and a report on the interview is available here.

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March 1, 2010 3:44 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Afghan and Coalition forces prepare to turn their attention to Kandahar after the operation in Marja in Helmand province wraps up.

February 25, 2010 10:28 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

US Marines suffer casualties as they partner with Afghan troops to wrest control of Marja from the Taliban.

February 24, 2010 5:06 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

An Afghan reporter embeds with a Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) group operating in the northern province of Baghlan. Foreign fighters routinely operate with the HIG unit. The group conducts attacks against NATO convoys traveling from Tajikistan to Kabul. The reporter goes on a poorly planned ambush with the HIG fighters. Video from PBS Frontline.

February 23, 2010 6:00 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Former Chechen rebels and jihadis living in England reflect on the fight against the Russians.

February 21, 2010 1:49 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Hamid Gul, the former Pakistani Army general who led the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from 1987 to 1989 and helped found the Taliban in Afghanistan, talks to Al Jazeera about US efforts in Afghanistan. Gul is a known supporter of al Qaeda and the Taliban. You can read the interview here.

February 19, 2010 1:09 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

US Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, Bravo Company, First Platoon, conduct a disruption patrol and take contact from enemy insurgents in support of Operation Moshtarak, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Video by Tech Sergeant Rodolfo Castro.

February 17, 2010 5:48 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

British troops battle the Taliban at the village of Kushal Kalay near Marja, just prior to the offensive there.

February 16, 2010 2:22 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Al Jazeera provides a quick primer on Mullah Baradar. Also read Newsweek's interview for more background.

February 13, 2010 5:01 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Coalition and Afghan forces load up on helicopters for the nighttime assault on the Taliban stronghold of Marja in central Helmand province.

February 11, 2010 7:11 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

From Al Jazeera:

Al Jazeera has obtained exclusive footage from Nigeria which shows unarmed men being shot dead.

The footage was taken last year when the Nigerian government was hailing its defeat of an Islamist rebel group known as Boko Haram.

We must warn our viewers that the images are extremely disturbing.

February 9, 2010 3:37 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The leader of the Alkozai tribe in Kandahar supports neither the Taliban nor the Afghan government.

February 5, 2010 6:02 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Coalition and Afghan forces prepare to launch an offensive against the Taliban in their stronghold of Marja in Helmand province.

February 4, 2010 6:36 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Three US soldiers were among nine people killed in an IED attack on a convoy passing by a girls' school in the district of Dir.

February 1, 2010 6:47 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

A female suicide bomber killed more than 46 Shia pilgrims in northern Baghdad. The suicide attack is the third major strike in Baghdad in eight days.

January 30, 2010 6:19 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

A Taliban suicide assault team launched an attack on government buildings and a UN office in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand, Afghanistan. Afghan troops backed by Coalition forces repelled the attack and killed the suicide assault team.

January 29, 2010 2:09 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Local tribal militias, called arbaki, have been raised in Kunduz province as Afghan and German security forces have failed to fill the security vacuum. Some locals complain the arbaki have committed crimes, including a rape, and are not accountable to the law.

January 27, 2010 5:52 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

The description below is from Al Jazeera:

It's a controversial idea that some say is the only way to bring peace to Afghanistan ... How to convince members of the Taliban to put down their guns, and bring them into the political fold.

Al Jazeera has learned that secret talks were held last week on the islands of the Maldives between a government official, Afghan MPs and an armed opposition group fighting alongside the Taliban.

An ambitious plan is underway to get fighters lay down their arms in return for money and jobs.

January 27, 2010 3:51 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Afghan intelligence detained a Haqqani Network facilitator who aided in the Jan. 18 suicide assault in Kabul. The Haqqani facilitator said the plot was hatched in Pakistan.

January 25, 2010 11:33 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

The United Kingdom is closely monitoring the University College London's Islamic Society after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Christmas Eve bomber, served as president of the Muslim group. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claims Abdulmutallab was radicalized while in London but the Islamic Society denied this.

January 24, 2010 4:20 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The Somali refugees are scrutinized by the Yemeni government which fears that al Qaeda-linked Shabaab is operating among them.

January 21, 2010 11:54 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Al Jazaeera looks at the aftermath of recent airstrikes in Yemen against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the problems with the Yemeni government.

January 19, 2010 2:37 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

A cameraman captured the suicide car bombing in Kabul during the Taliban assault on Jan. 18.

January 19, 2010 4:41 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Video footage from the Taliban attack in Kabul.

January 17, 2010 11:58 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Tribal militias in Swat stand guard against the Pakistan Taliban.

January 13, 2010 6:01 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

The Jordanian government is stung by the news that a second citizen was killed along the Afghan-Pakistani border. Mansur al Shami, a Jordanian al Qaeda leader, was killed in a US airstrike in Pakistan. His family celebrated his death.

January 11, 2010 5:02 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Community police are raised in the formerly Taliban-controlled district of Swat in Pakistan. Security remains tight in Mingora, the main town, as the Army waits for the new police force to be mobilized.

January 9, 2010 6:46 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Abdulmajid al Zindani, a radical Islamist cleric with close ties to both al Qaeda and the Yemeni government, claimed the US is going to occupy Yemen and confiscate its oil. Zindani has been designated a terrorist financier by the UN's 1267 Committee and labeled a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the US Treasury for serving as a spiritual adviser to bin Laden and as an al Qaeda financier and recruiter.

January 8, 2010 4:30 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The Salafi Group destroys a US MRAP in Afghanistan 's Kunar province.

January 6, 2010 3:17 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Bill Roggio joined Inside Story host Sohail Rahman, al Qaeda expert Michael Griffin, and Hakim al Masmari, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the English-language Yemen Post, to discuss the al Qaeda threat in Yemen.

January 4, 2010 5:56 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

The description below is from Al Jazeera:

An offshoot of al-Qaeda has emerged in the deserts of North Africa, claiming an area it calls the Sahara Emirate.

The group roams the border region of Algeria, Mauritania, Mali and Morocco.

Al Jazeera has obtained exclusive footage showing the fighters posing with bombs and rocket propelled grenades at a desert camp.

January 4, 2010 4:40 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The US and British embassies closed their doors after receiving information on threats from al Qaeda.

January 3, 2010 2:25 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The Afghan parliament rejected 17 of President Hamid Karzai's 21 cabinet appointments. The most prominent cabinet member to be rejected was Ismail Khan, the warlord and former governor of Herat.

December 30, 2009 5:51 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The attempted bombing of an airliner on Christmas day has called into question the US plan to close Guantanamo Bay, and has created questions about airline security.

December 27, 2009 5:22 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Iranian security personnel cross the lines and join Iranian protesters in Tehran.