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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...




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