The Taliban appointed former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir as a deputy minister of defense, while Ibrahim Sadr, who has worked closely with Iran in the past, was named a deputy minister of the interior for security. Read more →
Mullah Sangeen Zadran, a senior Taliban and Haqqani Network leader, was intricately linked to Al Qaeda. he viewed the two groups as inseparable "brothers." The U.S. killed Sangeen and an Al Qaeda bomb maker in a drone strike in Pakistan in 2013. Read more →
After a lengthy absence from the screen, Zawahiri returns to promote his vision for global jihad in a new video titled, "Jerusalem Will Not Be Judaized." Read more →
The Taliban has announced the "interim" leadership of its newly restored Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. FDD's Lpng War Journal profiles 22 of these figures, many of whom were sanctioned by the U.N. in 2001, are designated terrorists, or are former Guantanamo detainees. Multiple Taliban leaders have worked with al Qaeda. Read more →
The Taliban launched attacks on three mountain passes that lead to Panjshir province, the last bastion of resistance in Afghanistan. The National Resistance Front repelled the assault. Read more →
Al Qaeda's central media arm, As Sahab, released a two-page statement praising the Taliban's "historic victory" in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda fought alongside the Taliban to resurrect its Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Read more →
The video of Dr. Amin al Haq is evidence that Al Qaeda commanders now feel secure enough to appear publicly in a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Read more →
Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss the need for... Read more →
With Helmand and Kandahar provinces in the hands of the Taliban, the rest of the south will go under Taliban control in short order. Read more →
Kandahar City, the country's second largest city collapsed after Taliban forces besieged it for more than two months. It is the third major city to and the fourth provincial capital fall to the Taliban today. Read more →
Ghazni is the tenth Afghan provincial capital to fall to the Taliban in the past week. Al Qaeda has deep roots in Ghazni. Osama bin Laden identified the province as a key safe haven for his men. Read more →
Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss a new message... Read more →
The U.S. Treasury Department announced today that two money men working for al Qaeda and Hay'at Tahrir al Sham (HTS) have been designated. The designations are part of a broader U.S. effort to sanction individuals and entities taking part in the Syrian war. Other extremists and parts of Bashar al-Assad's regime were also designated and sanctioned as part of the campaign. Read more →
The Taliban and al Qaeda advanced throughout Afghanistan after President Biden announced the withdrawal of American and NATO forces on Apr. 14. Read more →
Edmund Fitton-Brown joins hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio to... Read more →
A report by a U.N. monitoring team cites new intelligence concerning Sirajuddin Haqqani's ties to al Qaeda. The report also mentions the Hattin Shura, which U.S. officials say is the most important decision-making body within al Qaeda. Read more →
Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss the basic epistemological... Read more →
The U.S. State Department is offering a reward of up to $7 million for information concerning the leader of AQIM, Abu Ubaydah Yusuf al-Anabi. State says al-Anabi "is expected to play a role in al Qaeda’s global management." Read more →
The Afghan military targeted Al Qaeda's network in four different districts in Helmand province over the past month. Al Qaeda was operating a "training center" and fighting alongside the Taliban. Read more →
Taliban will continue to wage its war against a weakened Afghan government to resurrect its Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. A look at how the Taliban may attempt to achieve this goal now that U.S. forces, which were unable to prevent the Taliban from seizing key rural districts, will soon be gone. Read more →
