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• US military admits al Qaeda is stronger in Afghanistan than previously estimated
• Uzbek group showcases fighting Kurds in Aleppo
• Jihadists strike across northern Mali

US military admits al Qaeda is stronger in Afghanistan than previously estimated Posted: 13 Apr 2016 11:49 AM PDT Since 2010, the US military and intelligence services have maintained that al Qaeda had a minimal presence of 50 to 100 operatives in Afghanistan. Now a senior general in Afghanistan admits the estimate needs to be revised. The Long War Journal has warned from the beginning that the conventional estimate was wrong.

Uzbek group showcases fighting Kurds in Aleppo Posted: 13 Apr 2016 05:21 AM PDT The Uzbek Imam Bukhari Jamaat joins several other jihadist groups and rebel factions in the battle for the Aleppo neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsud.

Jihadists strike across northern Mali Posted: 13 Apr 2016 05:19 AM PDT Jihadists in Mali continue to prove their potency in the north by launching a spate of attacks in recent days. One such assault left a French special forces soldier dead and three others wounded.