The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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Treasury designates Taliban liaison to al Qaeda Posted: 25 Jun 2015 07:48 AM PDT Prior to his capture in July 2014, Maulawi Abdul Rashid Baluch was a senior Taliban member whose activities ranged from waging guerrilla warfare against NATO and Afghan forces to narcotics trafficking. Rashid also served as a liaison to al Qaeda, arranging "planning meetings" between senior Taliban leaders and al Qaeda members in Karachi, Pakistan.

Jihadists tout Taliban ‘special forces’ training camp in Afghanistan Posted: 25 Jun 2015 06:10 AM PDT The Taliban and allied groups such as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, al Qaeda, Harakat-ul-Mujahideen, and Lashkar-e-Taiba are known to have run dozens of camps inside Afghanistan even as the Coalition was present.