Following the pattern of al-Qaeda’s web journals Sawt al-Jihad and Mu’askar al-Battar and the Algerian GSPD’s Al-Jama’a, the Afghan Mujahideen have launched their website magazine Tora Bora. Dated 1st Muharram 1425 (February 22, 2004) the new publication founded by Ghazi Ajmal and edited by Moulavi... MORE

Last weekend provided a rude shock to the authorities in Kabul, as they prepare for the October 9 presidential elections and celebrate the declaration of the capital "free of heavy weapons". On Sunday August 29 a truck loaded with construction wood and packed with explosives... MORE

On August 31 the jihadist ‘Kavkaz Center' gave notice that it had received an e-mail signed by the "Information Council of Kabardino-Balkarian Islamic Jammat (War Council) 'Yarmuk'." The message ran: "We are notifying everyone that by mercy of Allah the Military Council of Kabardino-Balkaria Yarmuk... MORE

In a statement posted August 21 on an Islamic website, the Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPD - Salafist Group for Call and Combat) has issued threats of a major bombing attack against police stations and security installations in the country. Much... MORE

Confirmation of al-Qaeda's role in last November's suicide truck bombings in Istanbul came on September 13 at the trial of the 69 Turkish suspects, deferred since last May pending judicial reorganization. Of those charged with complicity in the bombing against two synagogues, a London-based bank... MORE

Yemeni government sources formally announced on September 10 the end of the rebellion under Zaidi Shi'ite tribal chief Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi. This follows the killing of al-Houthi and his brother as the result of an attack on their hideout in the region of Sha'ab... MORE

The after-effects of the Beslan school massacre are making themselves felt in some serious introspection among Arab commentators. One of the most graphic reactions was that made by Abd al-Rahman al-Rashid, manager of the satellite television station Al Arabiya, in a comment that achieved some... MORE

Among the correspondence between readers and the editor of the latest edition of Mu'askar al-Battar (issue 21, pp.40-41) there is an interesting exchange. In response to a letter asking how to set about joining the jihad in the Arabian Peninsula, the editor listed seven requirements:... MORE

The jihadist forum Al-Ma'sada has warned its readers concerning a possible CIA-sponsored Qoqaz website. "The Legislative Council of the Sawt al-Qoqaz (Voice of Caucasus)", the warning runs, "announces the existence of a forum owned by the CIA, in co-operation and arrangement with British Security, for... MORE

A posting on November 9 on a militant jihadist forum purporting to be from al-Qaeda warns that the movement "will not slacken in its striking of the Americans and the Crusaders in general right in their very midst, and their burrows, towers and habitations will... MORE