The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Taliban overruns military base in Uruzgan
• US military kills 5 AQAP fighters in central Yemen
• US targeted 2 senior al Qaeda leaders in eastern Afghanistan

Taliban overruns military base in Uruzgan Posted: 27 Oct 2016 11:01 AM PDT A Taliban spokesman released a video of an interview of fighters from the base. Like the recent ambush in Helmand's capital, the Taliban fighters clearly are not concerned about either a counterattack or airstrikes.

US military kills 5 AQAP fighters in central Yemen Posted: 27 Oct 2016 06:42 AM PDT There have been at least 31 airstrikes against AQAP in Yemen in 2016, according to data compiled by The Long War Journal.

US targeted 2 senior al Qaeda leaders in eastern Afghanistan Posted: 26 Oct 2016 07:58 PM PDT The US targeted Faruq al Qatani and Bilal al Utabi in an airstrike in Kunar Province, Afghanistan on Oct. 23. Both of them have been involved in al Qaeda's anti-Western plotting, according to the Pentagon. Qatani was identified as a key al Qaeda commander in Osama bin Laden's files.