• Analysis: Al Qaeda expands its network of training camps in Afghanistan

    The United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team reports that Al Qaeda is operating training camps in two new Afghan provinces: Kandahar and Takhar. The terrorist group now operates training camps in 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. Additionally, the Monitoring Team notes that Al Qaeda “still uses Afghanistan as a permissive haven under the Taliban.”

    Analysis: Al Qaeda expands its network of training camps in Afghanistan
  • Suicide bomber kills 7 Pakistani troops in North Waziristan

    The attack took place in a section of Pakistan’s tribal agencies where the the US is concentrating its drone campaign in North Waziristan.

    Suicide bomber kills 7 Pakistani troops in North Waziristan