*Al-Qaeda feels the crunch
Al-Qaeda is facing serious financial problems, according to the US Department of the Treasury. However, there is some debate as to the precise causes and...
06-Nov-2009 India says Pakistan is crossing the line
Indian officials have repeated their allegation that Pakistan supports militant infiltration across the Line of Control (LoC), the boundary dividing Indian-administered Kashmir from Pakistan-administered ...
09-Oct-2009 *Insurgency hijacks Kunduz
The previously relatively peaceful province of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan is developing into an insurgent stronghold. At least one of the province's districts is under...
09-Oct-2009 Indonesian Al-Qaeda releases bomb tape
A short video was released to jihadist forums on 7 October in the name of 'Al-Qaeda in Indonesia'. It showed a masked individual identified ...
09-Oct-2009 *Hakimullah: alive and kicking
Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has held a press conference to prove he is alive, while the suicide bombing in Islamabad a...
09-Oct-2009 *Al-Qaeda interviews Afghan Taliban leader
Al-Qaeda's media wing, Al-Sahab, released a video interview with Mawlawi Sangin, ¡purportedly a senior Afghan Taliban leader, to jihadist websites on 1 September. A ...
07-Sep-2009 *Home-made horror
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have become the principle weapon in Afghanistan's insurgency. The mostly simple devices are taking a steadily rising toll on coalition and...
07-Sep-2009 *New Baitullah on the bloc
The death of Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan's most wanted terrorist, triggered a power struggle within the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the coalition of militant groups he created....
03-Sep-2009 *Cricket attack suspect named in Lahore
Pakistani police announced on 17 June the arrest of a man suspected of involvement in the 3 March attack on the Sri Lankan cricket ...
03-Jul-2009 *Police arrest alleged JI explosives expert
A man suspected of being a key link between Southeast Asian group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and militant groups in the southern Philippines was arrested ...
03-Jul-2009 *Tigers' getaway sub resurfaces
Sri Lankan troops found on 14 June what the Sri Lanka Army claimed was the only operational submarine built by the rebel Liberation Tigers ...
03-Jul-2009 Yevkurov bomb attack claimed
A group called the Riyad-us-Saliheen (Gardens of the Righteous) Martyrs' Brigade has claimed the 22 June suicide bombing that seriously wounded the Russian republic ...
03-Jul-2009 *Pakistani Taliban unity
The unity of the fractious Pakistani Taliban movement remains a crucial issue as the military gears up to assault Baitullah Mehsud's strongholds in the Federally...
03-Jul-2009 *SVBIED tactics evolve in Pakistan
The suicide bombings in Lahore on 27 May and the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar on 9 June demonstrated a tactical advance on earlier attacks...
22-Jun-2009 *IJU returns to Uzbekistan
The Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) marked the fourth anniversary of the 'Andijan massacre' by claiming its first attacks in Uzbekistan since July 2004. The incidents...
17-Jun-2009 *Emboldened IJU returns to militant action in Uzbekistan
The Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) has released statements to Turkish language jihadist websites claiming its first attacks in Uzbekistan since the suicide bombings that ...
11-Jun-2009 *Thai peace process stalls
As separatist violence continues in southern Thailand, the tentative peace process that has gathered some momentum over the past two years remains hostage to political...
03-Jun-2009 *Into the valleys of death
The US military is facing increasing attacks in Afghanistan's eastern Konar province as it tries to curb insurgent infiltration from Pakistan. More US and Afghan...
02-Jun-2009 Chinook attack footage released
The first footage of what appears to be a successful insurgent attack on a helicopter in Afghanistan was released to jihadist websites on 26 ...
08-May-2009 *India reports 'surge' in Kashmiri militant infiltration
General Deepak Kapoor, the chief of staff of the Indian army, told the Press Trust of India on 17 April that 54 militants had ...
08-May-2009 Taliban leader turns on Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban leader Maulvi Nazir has appeared in a video interview with Al-Sahab, Al-Qaeda's media wing. The video was released to jihadist websites on ...
08-May-2009 *Pakistan's jihad collective
Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is claiming responsibility for some of the most high-profile terrorist attacks in Pakistan. However, non-tribal extremists under his protection are...
07-May-2009 TIP pumps up the propaganda
The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), a militant group from Western China, has increased its propaganda output with the help of Al-Fajr Media Centre, an ...
03-Apr-2009 *Pakistani Taliban claims Lahore police academy attack
Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has claimed responsibility for the 30 March attack on a police training academy in Manawan, near ...
03-Apr-2009 Briton arrested in Bangladesh over madrassah
A UK national has been reportedly arrested in the wake of a raid on a Bangladesh madrassah suspected of being a militant training camp. ...
03-Apr-2009 *The tribes of FATA
The numerous militant groups that have emerged in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in recent years reflect the tribal divisions within the Pakistani ...
03-Apr-2009 *Lahore: echoes of Mumbai
The Sri Lankan cricket team had a narrow escape when their bus was ambushed on its way to Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on 3 March. The...
03-Apr-2009 Pakistani Taliban alliance
The Pakistani Taliban has formed a new alliance under the aegis of the Shura-e-Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen (SIM), or Council of the Mujahideen Union. Jane's has received ...
11-Mar-2009 *Attack on Sri Lankan cricketers blamed on LeT activists
Investigators suspect a group of "headstrong" Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) activists carried out the 3 March attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, according...
09-Mar-2009 *Pakistani Taliban form alliance against US
Pakistan's rival Taliban groups have settled their differences and formed a new alliance to fight the United States military reinforcements in Afghanistan, Pakistani newspaper...
09-Mar-2009 *Last flight of the Air Tigers
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) carried out what was probably its final air raid on 20 February when two aircraft launched a suicide...
03-Mar-2009 *Mobile in Mumbai
The 26-29 November attack on Mumbai continues to be studied for possible trends in terrorist operations. While much attention has focused on the amphibious nature...
13-Feb-2009 *Sri Lankan troops sink rebels' facility
The Sri Lanka Army overran a facility where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were manufacturing underwater vessels on 29 January. The Sri...
06-Feb-2009 *Pakistani group denies connection to Mumbai attack 'mastermind'
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the Pakistani named by India as the mastermind behind the attack on Mumbai from 26-29 November, was furious after being publicly disowned ...
06-Feb-2009 *Thai militant gear shift
Against the backdrop of a marked decline in incidents involving improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in 2008, Malay-Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand have turned to using...
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