Shabaab formally joins al Qaeda

By Thomas Joscelyn & Bill Roggio - February 9, 2012 Shabaab and al Qaeda have announced their formal merger, according to a video disseminated online today and translated by the SITE Intelligence group. In the video, Mukhtar Abu al Zubayr (a.k.a. Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamed or Godane), the emir and cofounder of Shabaab, pledges his organization's allegiance...

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Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan police, wounds another

Image via Wikipedia TRINKOT, Afghanistan, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Five policemen were killed and another sustained injuries as a roadside bomb struck a police van in Uruzgan province, 370 km south of Kabul on Friday evening, a police official confirmed Saturday."A mine planted by anti-government militants struck a police vehicle outside provincial capital Trinkot yesterday...

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Suicide bomber detained in eastern Khost province

According to local authorities in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan security forces curb a suicide bomber to target Afghan government officials in eastern Khost province.The officials further added, a government employee who was working in provincial governor office was detained in connection to insurgency attack plot.Barilai Rawan a spokesman for provincial governor media relations...

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Taliban leader detained in southern Helmand province

According to a statement issued by International Security Assistance Force, Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban leader during an operation in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province. The statement further added, the leader used specialized weapons to conduct direct-fire and roadside bomb attacks against Afghan security forces throughout Marjeh district. The...

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