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Taliban routs Afghan military convoy in ambush
The Taliban killed 22 policemen and soldiers and captured eight more, and also destroyed and seized several military vehicles and weapons during the ambush in Sar-i-Pul.
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Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
US drone strike kills senior Uzbek commander in Pakistan
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US drone strike in North Waziristan kills Uzbeks, ‘foreign nationals’
“There is no need for such strikes,” Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, condemning the attack “as a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
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Senior IMU leader captured by ISAF in 2011 now leads fight in northern Afghanistan
In 2011, ISAF captured Qari Bilal, who was serving as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s top leader in Afghanistan. He was subsequently released by the Afghan government, and is now commanding more than 300 jihadist fighters in Kunduz.
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Quetta airbase attacks carried out by Pakistani Taliban, IMU
The spokesman for Omar Khalid Khorasani, the leader of the Taliban in Mohmand, said the Quetta airbase attacks were executed with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
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Suicide bomber kills 4 ISAF troops, 12 Afghans in Parwan
The Taliban, the Haqqani Network, al Qaeda, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and other jihadist groups all operate in the province.
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US drones strike in North Waziristan, kill 6 ‘militants’
The strike is the second in the village of Darga Mandi in the past week, and just the third in Pakistan this year.
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Pakistani forces focus on ‘foreigners’ in North Waziristan operation
The military appears to be focused the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan as well as foreign fighters from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the Turkistan Islamic Party.
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Pakistan launches ‘comprehensive operation against foreign and local terrorists’ in North Waziristan
Operation Zarb-e-Azb appears to be aimed at the “bad Taliban” and foreign terror groups such as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. It is unlikely the Haqqani Network or the Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group will be targeted.
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US launches 2 drone strikes in Pakistan, breaks 6-month lull
Four Uzbeks, two members of the Punjabi Taliban, and 10 “miitants” are said to have been killed in the pair of strikes.
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IMU involved in suicide assault on Karachi airport
Both the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan have claimed the attack on Jinnah International Airport.
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Pakistani Taliban launch assault on Karachi airport
The movement of the Taliban in Pakistan said the assault on the airport was launched to avenge the death of Hakeemullah Mehsud, its former emir.
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Uzbek jihadist group releases footage from Syrian training camp
The Imam Bukhari Jamaat, which fights alongside the Al Nusrah Front and Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, touted its training camp, which is thought to be located near Aleppo.
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Uzbek commands group within the Al Nusrah Front
Abu Hussein, the emir of the Seyfuddin Uzbek Jamaat, is thought to have “scores of fighters from Uzbekistan and neighboring countries in Central Asia,” a US intelligence official told The Long War Journal.
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Jihadists create ‘no-go zones’ in northern Afghanistan
“There are already ‘no go’ zones under Taliban control in Faryab and Jawzjan provinces,” according to a report.
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Treasury Department identifies another Iran-based facilitator for al Qaeda
The Treasury Department confirmed today that the head of al Qaeda’s Iran-based network, known as Yasin al Suri, is operational once again. Treasury also designated an additional “associate” of al Suri’s.
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Uzbeks, Germans reported killed in Pakistan airstrikes
Unconfirmed reports indicate that 33 Uzbeks and three Germans are among those killed in Pakistani airstrikes in North Waziristan.
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Kazakhstan
Tracking Central Asians’ Trails To Jihad In Syria
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IMU praises slain Syrian Islamist brigade commander
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s condolences for the death of the commander of the Al Tawhid Brigade speaks volumes as to how the Syrian Islamist group is perceived by global jihadists.
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IMU claims suicide attack against US forces in Afghanistan
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan remains active against Coalition forces in northern Afghanistan.
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Taliban ambush policemen in northern Afghan province
The Taliban ambushed Afghan forces just after the military ended what it claimed was a successful operation to clear the Wardoj district in Badakhshan. More that 20 Afghan policemen are reported to have been killed and an additional 24 are missing.
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Suicide bomber kills district chief in attack at Kunduz mosque
The Taliban and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan are the likely culprits; the groups are integrated in the north and have conducted similar attacks in the past.
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Pakistani Taliban assault prison, free hundreds of inmates
At least 30 “hardcore militants” have been freed in a complex suicide assault on a prison in Dera Ismail Khan. The attack was likely carried out by the Taliban and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s newly-formed Ansar al Aseer.
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Turkistan Islamic Party trains women for jihad
A video has emerged showing the al Qaeda-linked jihadist group training five burka-clad women on pistols, assault and sniper rifles, machine guns, and grenade launchers.
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Al Qaeda video highlights fighting in Ghazni
As the US and its NATO allies continue to draw down forces in Afghanistan and seek to negotiate a peace agreement with the Taliban, al Qaeda continues to highlight its operations in Afghanistan.
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Lashkar-e-Jhangvi launches suicide assault at hospital in Quetta
A female suicide bomber killed female college students on a bus, then a suicide assault team struck a hospital where the wounded were taken.
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IMU-linked insurgent leader targeted in northern Afghanistan
The operation took place in Sar-i-Pul province. ISAF has launched 29 raids against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan so far this year.
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Suicide bomber kills 10 Afghan students, 2 US soldiers
The suicide bomber targeted a US and Afghan Local Police patrol as it passed by a high school in Paktia province. The US has stepped up raids against the Haqqani Network in Paktia.
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IMU, Taliban launched joint suicide assault in Panjshir
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan claimed the attack under the banner of the Taliban’s spring offensive and said that it “is continuing its jihadi activities in the Khorasan region.”
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Taliban suicide assault team storms governor’s compound in Panjshir
While the attack had little military significance, the Taliban have demonstrated that they are able to strike in one of the most secured and peaceful areas of Afghanistan.
