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FDD's Long War Journal is a Project of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (@FDD). Edited by @billroggio, @caleb_weiss7 & @joetruzman
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After fall of Kabul, resistance to Taliban emerges in Panjshir -
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Osama bin Laden's security chief triumphantly returns to hometown in Afghanistan -
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Taliban takes control of 30 districts in past six weeks -
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BREAKING: The @CIA has finally released the documents captured from bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound. Our initial analysis: [thread].
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Pakistani Taliban's emir renews allegiance to Afghan Taliban -
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Taliban blames America for 9/11 in video celebrating its own suicide squads -
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One year after U.S. withdrawal, resistance to Taliban rule grows -
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Anti-Taliban resistance makes modest gains outside Panjshir -
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A large Taliban convoy comprised of captured US-supplied HUMVEEs and Ford Ranger pickup trucks moves through the #Afghanistan desert in broad daylight, with Taliban flags flying. @LongWarJournal analysis coming:
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Taliban doubles number of controlled Afghan districts since May 1 -
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Al Qaeda praises Taliban's 'historic victory' in Afghanistan -
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National Resistance Front repels multi-day Taliban assault on Panjshir -
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Rare photo surfaces of top Al Qaeda leaders inside Iran -
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Pakistan a 'safe haven' for 'terror groups': U.S. State Department -
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Hamas fighter with American citizenship killed in recent Gaza conflict -
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Al Qaeda actively operating training camps in 5 Afghan provinces
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IDF launches targeted killing operations against Gaza-based militants -
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Russian air defense systems outmatched by Turkish drones in Syria and Libya -
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Taliban's government includes designated terrorists, ex-Guantanamo detainees -
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Hamas used Iranian-produced weapons in October 7 terror attack in Israel.
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Taliban encircling Afghan capital Kabul, prepping final assault through east -
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After lengthy siege, Lashkar Gah is taken by the Taliban -
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Islamic State claims credit for suicide bombing in Kabul -
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Analysis: The Afghanistan Freedom Front Steps into the Spotlight - -
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Al Qaeda leaders are prominently serving in Taliban government
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Pensacola shooter had 'significant ties' to AQAP, FBI finds -
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Ex-Guantánamo detainee praises Taliban's victory, threatens America in new AQAP video -
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France says drone strike killed leader of Islamic State in Sahara -
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Analysis: 17 Palestinian militant factions identified in recent Gaza conflict -
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Shabaab celebrates Hamas-led invasion of Israel, calls people to jihad
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Nearly half of Afghanistan's provincial capitals under threat from Taliban -
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Ayman al Zawahiri is alive; Taliban and Al Qaeda "remain close," UN reports -
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UPDATE: He found out.
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'Our soil is not used for carrying out terrorist attacks,' Pakistan PM claims -
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Suicide Bombers Take Part in West Bank Ceremony -
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Taliban fighters practice in the snow with US-made weapons that very likely were seized from Afghan security forces. Footage from the group's Abu Bakr Siddique Camp.
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Ayman al Zawahiri promotes 'Jerusalem Will Not Be Judaized' campaign in new video -
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U.N.: Taliban "regularly consulted" with Al Qaeda throughout negotiations with U.S. -
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Analysis: Islamic State calls for jihad in Sudan - -
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Taliban takes full control of Nimruz province, seizes capital -
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France kills top Islamic State in the Greater Sahara commander in northern Mali -
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Analysis: The Islamic State's expansion into Congo's Ituri Province -
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🚨 EMERGENCY EPISODE OF GENERATION JIHAD. @billroggio & @JoeTruzman on Israel:.“This is not a conflict. This is a war.” 👇.
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Analysis: Predicting the coming Taliban offensive -
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Israel targets Hamas leader’s house while eliminating seven Hamas battalion commanders -
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Afghan government on verge of collapse as Taliban capture 4 more cities -
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IDF Targeted Operation Eliminates Palestinian Islamic Jihad Commander -
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Sirajuddin Haqqani's Ministry of Interior has begun issuing Afghan passports -
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Son of Hezbollah commander behind establishment of Iraqi militias reported killed in Israeli airstrike -
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U.S. kills Iran's Qods Force commander and Iraqi's deputy PMF leader in strike in Baghdad -
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Al Qaeda affiliated media group stresses importance of 'idea development' in 9/11 video -
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Islamic State kills hundreds of civilians in northern Mali -
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Three members of Hezbollah Killed in Beirut Clashes -
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Taliban has 'surrounded' five Afghan provincial capitals -
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Analysis: The Islamic State's ideological campaign against al-Qaeda -
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Qods Force commander Soleimani's carelessness put him in the U.S. military's crosshairs -
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Taliban touts more elite 'Red Unit' fighter training on social media -
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Turkey's Operation "Spring Shield" delivers blow to Hezbollah -
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Anas Haqqani extols virtues of his 'Legendary Father' on Taliban's official website -
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Fifth northern Afghan capital falls to the Taliban -
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Taliban's special forces outfit providing 'security' at Kabul airport -
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Former headquarters of Northern Alliance falls under Taliban control -
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A #Taliban convoy in Nimroz province, #Afghanistan. They gathered in the open for quite a long time. No fear of Coalition air power.
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US designates al Qaeda's branch in Mali as terror organization -
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U.S. State Department does "not support organized violent opposition to the Taliban" -
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Shabaab advertises creation of “special forces” unit -
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Taliban lionizes Haqqani commander who celebrated ties to Al Qaeda, held American hostage -
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Kunduz province in danger of falling to the Taliban -
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Afghanistan at risk of collapse as Taliban storms the north -
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Analysis: CIA releases massive trove of Osama bin Laden's files -
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US citizen pleaded guilty to training with al Qaeda in Syria, plotting attack -
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U.S. airstrike kills 27 Shabaab fighters in central Somalia -
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Analysis: Pentagon continues to underestimate al Qaeda, downplay ties to Taliban -
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Iran-backed Militias Target U.S. Troops in Eastern Syria
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Al Qaeda is very much alive, and widely misunderstood -
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Analysis: Hezbollah's Escalating Conflict with Israel -
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#Taliban force masses in Bakwa district, Farah, #Afghanistan. Hundreds of fighters gather in the open unopposed.
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'They will beg us for talks but we will reject them,' Taliban spokesman says -
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Since agreement with U.S., Taliban has attacked Afghan forces in 27 of 34 provinces -
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Palestinian Islamic Jihad Purportedly Establishes New Formation in the West Bank -
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U.S. reportedly targets 2 senior al Qaeda figures in airstrike in Syria -
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In a video, the #Taliban in #Pakistan honors #Hakeemullah and pays tribute to his life in #jihad. The group highlights the relationship between the Afghan Taliban, its Pakistani brothers, #AlQaeda, and Pakistan’s complicity in propping up terror networks:
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Taliban enters Kunduz City, seizes control of 16 districts.
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US Launches First Drone Strike Against Shabaab in Seven Months -
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Islamic State bombs Taliban convoys in eastern Afghanistan -
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New post from @billroggio & @JoeTruzman:.Israel ‘at war’ after Hamas-led terror assault kills more than 700. Read it here:
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Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah eliminated in Beirut airstrike - -
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