While these training videos are often mocked, including by the spokesman for Resolute Support and US Forces - Afghanistan, the graduates from these camps have been effective at battling Afghan security forces. Read more →
Three Taliban jihadists attacked a National Directorate of Security (NDS) training center in Wardak earlier today. The assault was led by a Taliban suicide bomber driving a Humvee packed with explosives. Read more →
Al Qaeda's branch in Mali attacked a UN base earlier today, killing at least ten peacekeepers from Chad. The group says that the assault was part of Ayman al-Zawahiri's global campaign, which rejects the "normalization" of Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also visited Chad today. Read more →
One of the Taliban's top two spokesmen bragged that the group called off negotiations with the US after the latter has pleaded for peace talks. Read more →
The Russian government says that a gas leak was most likely responsible for an explosion at an apartment building in Magnitogorsk on Dec. 31. On Jan. 17, the Islamic State claimed that the incident was really an "operation" conducted by the Islamic State's Caucasus province. Read more →
A US airstrike reportedly targeted Shabaab militants as they went on the offensive following the deadly terrorist attack in Nairobi. Read more →
Islamic State West Africa has forced thousands of civilians to flee Rann after raiding and ransacking the makeshift town in northeastern Nigeria. The assault in Rann is part of a broader ISWA offensive in the region. Read more →
Shabaab released a two-page statement saying the Jan. 15 attack at a hotel in Nairobi was conducted in accordance with Ayman al Zawahiri's "guidelines." The al Qaeda arm has other reasons for striking inside Kenya as well, including the government's role in the guerrilla war in Somalia. Read more →
Indian security forces killed a notorious and heavily sought-after bomb-maker and chief commander of the Pakistani-connected Al-Badr organization in the Jammu and Kashmir region. Indian officials and news sources identified the commander as Zeenat-ul-Islam, and illustrated his ties with numerous US-designated foreign terror organizations in the region, including Al-Badr and... Read more →
Four Americans, including two service members, were killed when an Islamic State suicide bomber struck in Manbij, Syria earlier today. Read more →
The jihadist group continues to launch large-scale attacks inside Kenyan territory. Read more →
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a "complex martyrdom operation" in Kabul's Green Village late yesterday. The target of the attack isn't clear. The Taliban says the facility served as a "a key intelligence site" for "foreigners." Afghan officials claim it was mostly empty and had been inhabited by UN employees and NGO workers. Read more →
