Pakistan remains a "safe haven" for a host of regional terror groups, including the Afghan Taliban and its integral subgroup, the Al Qaeda linked Haqqani Network, according the the State Department's newly released Country Reports on Terrorism 2019. Read more >
Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio explore how President Trump’s rhetoric on Afghanistan and other post-9/11 conflicts changed from 2017 to 2020. Read more >
AQIM has released an audio message confirming the death of its longtime emir, Abdulmalek Droukdel. Read more >
The Taliban's denial of Al Qaeda's presence in Afghanistan means that one of the two groups are not telling the truth. Either Al Qaeda has crafted an elaborate scheme to pretend it fights in Afghanistan alongside the Taliban, or the Taliban is lying, and Al Qaeda has fought there for decades and remains to this day. Read more >
Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss the life and reported death of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s emir, Abdulmalek Droukdel. Read more >
While JNIM has not claimed the assault, its Katibat Macina is widely suspected of perpetrating the attack. This comes after sustained operations against it in the area last month. Read more >
The Taliban's statement should raise deep concerns with U.S. officials about the group's reliability to be an effective counterterrorism partner against Al Qaeda and other terror groups. Read more >
French and American officials say the emir of AQIM, Abdelmalek Droukdel (a.k.a. Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud), was killed in a counterterrorism operation in northern Mali on June 3. The U.S. military supported the French-led operation. Read more >
Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn on the latest diatribe released by Abu Hamza al-Qurashi, the Islamic State’s spokesman, who portrays the coronavirus as an act of divine retribution against the West and accuses the Taliban of working with the “Crusaders.” Read more >
According to a new report by a UN monitoring team, the Taliban "regularly consulted with Al Qaeda during negotiations with the United States and offered guarantees that it would honor their historical ties." The analysis contains numerous allegations of ongoing collusion between the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Read more >
Hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn discuss the FBI's breakthrough in the investigation into the Dec. 6, 2019 shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Read more >
Hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn discuss the “endless wars” narrative, explaining why it is more accurate to call the conflicts unleashed by 9/11 an “endless jihad.” Read more >
The FBI and DOJ announced today that Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani had "significant ties" to AQAP and had been planning a terrorist attack for years. Alshamrani carried out the Dec. 6, 2019 shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, killing three U.S. sailors and wounding eight other Americans. Read more >
Hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn discuss the history of America’s drone campaign against al-Qaeda and ISIS. Read more >
In the latest edition of its Al-Naba newsletter, the Islamic State claims that Al Qaeda started a war against the so-called caliphate's men in West Africa. Independent reporting shows the two sides have clashed in recent weeks. Read more >
In late April, the Islamic State's Yemen "province" released a video attacking al-Qaeda's ideological credentials. The video is the latest piece of propaganda in the Islamic State's campaign against its jihadist rival. Read more >
As the U.S. is relying on the Taliban to keep Afghanistan from being a haven for terrorists in the wake of an agreement between the two parties, the Taliban lauds Mullah Omar's defense of Osama bin Laden after Al Qaeda's attack on the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001. Read more >
Houthis report to have captured an al Qaeda base in one of its historical strongholds in the country. No independent verification of this event, however, has yet been reported. Read more >
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan highlights the often overlooked relationship between the Afghan Taliban, its Pakistani brothers, and al Qaeda, and Pakistan’s complicity in propping up terror networks. Read more >
Thabat, an al-Qaeda-affiliated media outfit, has released a series of infographics that are intended to highlight the group's global reach and resiliency. The images trumpet a large number of purported attacks in Afghanistan, as well as America's withdrawal from the country. Read more >
The Taliban again highlighted the Red Unit, the group's special operations unit that spearheads its assaults throughout Afghanistan. Read more >
AFRICOM has stepped up its air campaign against Shabaab since the beginning of the year, targeting the group 33 times. Read more >
Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss the rise of ISIS and how the idea of building a caliphate in Iraq evolved over time. Bill witnessed the jihadists' earliest state-building efforts during multiple embeds in Iraq. Read more >
As U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for the Taliban to honor a non-existent commitment to "reduce violence," the Taliban continues to train for war. Read more >
On March 19, Turkey’s defense ministry announced the death of two Turkish soldiers at the hands of “radical elements” in northwest Syria’s Idlib. The attack highlights Ankara's challenges in the Syrian province. Read more >
Hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn profile Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) new emir, Khalid Batarfi. Read more >
The Taliban has taken credit for 17 attacks per day against Afghan security forces. Despite promises from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the Taliban would "destroy" Al Qaeda, the Taliban has not lifted a finger against the group. Read more >
In a follow up to episode one, hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn explain why wishful thinking in Afghanistan has led the U.S. to portray the Taliban as something it is not. True peace is not on the horizon. Read more >
Last week, AQAP released an audio message form its new emir, Khalid Batarfi. In it, Batarfi renews his allegiance to Ayman al-Zawahiri on behalf of AQAP. He also praises the Taliban and Shabaab. Read more >
Hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn review the U.S.-Taliban withdrawal agreement and why it isn't a true peace deal. Read more >
Al-Qaeda's general command has released a three-page statement celebrating the U.S.-Taliban withdrawal agreement as a "victory" for the Taliban. Al-Qaeda calls on Afghans and the mujahideen to bolster the Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Read more >
Each week the Generation Jihad podcast will bring you a new story focusing on jihadism around the globe. Read more >
Al Qaeda's branch in West Africa, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, has released a statement saying it is willing to meet with the Malian government -- but only after French and allied forces withdraw from the area. Read more >
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims the Taliban has agreed to "destroy" al-Qaeda as the U.S. withdraws from the country. The text of the withdrawal agreement doesn't say that and the Trump administration hasn't explained how the Taliban's alleged "break" from al-Qaeda will be verified or enforced. Read more >
The author is a designated terrorist closely allied with al Qaeda. That's not mentioned. Neither is al Qaeda. Read more >
Taliban fighters are training in the open in a mountainous area that should be easily identified by the U.S. and Afghan militaries. Read more >
The White House has confirmed that AQAP's leader, Qasim al-Rimi, was killed in a counterterrorism operation. Rimi served as a "deputy" to Ayman al-Zawahiri, meaning that he was likely part of al-Qaeda's global management team. Read more >
The kidnapping took place less than three months after the Taliban and the U.S. conducted a prisoner exchange that freed three senior Haqqani Network leaders and two America professors. The Haqqani Network is thought to be behind the latest kidnapping. Read more >
According to a newly released UN monitoring team report, al-Qaeda's relations with the Taliban "continue to be close and mutually beneficial." The relationship has continued despite al-Qaeda's reported concerns over the Taliban's talks with the U.S. Read more >
Al-Qaeda's senior leadership released a statement praising the jihadists in Mali and elsewhere in Western Africa for confronting the "Crusaders." Al-Qaeda's management team encourages them to dismantle the "French and American project" across the region. Read more >
More than 500 members of American military families, including over 100 Gold Star families, have filed two lawsuits: one against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and another against eight multinational companies that operate in Afghanistan. Read more >
The Department of Justice has unsealed an updated indictment against Jehad Serwan Mostafa, an American who has long served as a senior figure in Shabaab. The FBI alleges that Mostafa has played a role in Shabaab's explosives department, among other jobs. In 2011, he served as an emissary for Ayman al-Zawahiri. Read more >
In exchange for two kidnapped U.S. and Australian professors, the Afghan government freed dangerous Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders Haji Malik Khan, Anas Haqqani, and Qari Abdul Rasheed Omari. Read more >
If confirmed, this would represent another major blow to al Qaeda's Uqba bin Nafi Battalion. Read more >
Two statements, which were released by al Qaeda's general command and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, were addressed to Shabaab yesterday in a coordinated messaging campaign. Read more >
Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security claims it has confirmed that Asim Umar, the emir of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, was killed during a Sept. 23 raid in Helmand province. Other key AQIS leaders were also killed in the fighting. Read more >
In 2001, Omar was unwavering in his position that the Taliban was religiously obligated to protect Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda cadre. The Taliban has remained true to Omar's words, and fought an 18 year long war to defend the terror group. Read more >
Afghan officials have identified several AQIS members who were killed during a controversial raid in Musa Qala, Helmand earlier this week. They have also posted images purportedly documenting the weaponry, explosives and cash seized at the jihadists' compound. Read more >
"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has repeatedly made it absolutely clear that the aim of this Jihad is the end of occupation and establishment of an Islamic government," the Taliban says in a recent statement. Read more >
On Sept. 19, Thomas Joscelyn testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs at a hearing titled, "The Trump Administration's Afghanistan Policy." His testimony focused on the close working relationship between the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Read more >
