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South Asia

March Briefs

March 27, 2013

SECTARIAN ATTACKS AND RISING TENSION IN QUETTA, PAKISTAN

Nicholas A. Heras

Sectarian attacks and rising tension have risen in a natural resource-rich province in southwestern Pakistan over the last few months. Baluchistan’s...

Category: Militant Leadership Monitor, Brief, Pakistan, North Africa

Pakistan's Tribal Militants: A Militant Leadership Monitor Special Report

February 28, 2013

In this Special Report “Pakistan’s Tribal Militants: Profiles from the Pashtun and Baloch Insurgencies,” we examine some of Pakistan’s tribal militant leaders in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the North West...

Category: Quarterly Strategic Reports, Pakistan

A Post-Mortem Analysis of Mullah Nazir: The “Good Taliban” Killed in a CIA Drone Strike

January 31, 2013

A CIA Predator or Reaper drone killed the powerful South Waziristani Taliban leader Mullah Nazir and five to seven of his top deputies on the night of January 2 near Angor Adda, South Waziristan. The incident is a contentious...

Category: Militant Leadership Monitor, Home Page, Domestic/Social, Military/Security, Terrorism, Pakistan

January 2013 Briefs

January 31, 2013

CAPTURED SHINING PATH LEADER REFUSES TO REMAIN SILENT AT TRIAL 

The leader of the Shining Path faction in the Upper Huallaga Valley, Comrade Artemio, was captured in February 2012 after one of his comrades betrayed him and...

Category: Militant Leadership Monitor, Home Page, Terrorism, Pakistan, Latin America, Brief

December 2012 Briefs

December 21, 2012

 

AQIM LEADERS MOKHTAR BELMOKHTAR AND ABDELMALEK DROUKDEL SPLIT 

Mokhtar Belmokhtar is an Algerian-born former commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). In July, he was reported to have been killed or seriously...

Category: Militant Leadership Monitor, Home Page, Featured, Terrorism, Military/Security, Africa, Pakistan

A Glimpse of Talha Saeed: The Heir Apparent to Lashkar-e-Taiba

November 29, 2012

Talha Saeed is the son of one of India’s most notorious terrorists, Hafiz Saeed. In recent years, Talha has emerged as his father’s chief of propaganda and increasingly appears to be Hafiz’s heir apparent. He has worked...

Category: Militant Leadership Monitor, Featured, Terrorism, India

October 2012 Briefs

October 31, 2012

SWISS JUND AL-KHILAFAH AMIR KILLED IN MIRANSHAH, PAKISTAN

Jund al-Khilafah (JaK) is a terrorist group based in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, which was founded by three Kazakhstani men from Atyrau (see Terrorism...

Category: Featured, Militant Leadership Monitor, Pakistan

A Profile of Iqbal Bhatkal: The First Indian Mujahideen Leader Added to India’s Most Wanted List

September 28, 2012

Iqbal Bhatkal is a co-founder of the Indian Mujahideen (IM). The IM is the first Indian terrorist group which has been designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States. [1] Iqbal Bhatkal became the first IM...

Category: Militant Leadership Monitor, Home Page, Featured, India