ISW in Brief: Jailbreak Spurs Attacks in Kandahar City
Last Saturday, May 7, dozens of heavily-armed Taliban fighters engaged Afghan security forces and brought Kandahar City’s urban center to a standstill for over 30 hours.
Last Saturday, May 7, dozens of heavily-armed Taliban fighters engaged Afghan security forces and brought Kandahar City’s urban center to a standstill for over 30 hours.
Haqqani Network Commander Badruddin Haqqani designated as a global terrorist by Department of State.
A new report released today by analysts Jeffrey Dressler (ISW) and Reza Jan (AEI), "The Haqqani Network in Kurram: The Regional Implications of a Growing Insurgency"
ISW and the Marine Corps Association hosted Major General Richard Mills for a conversation with ISW president Dr. Kimberly Kagan
On Monday, May 2nd, ISW and the Marine Corps Association hosted Major General Richard Mills for a conversation with ISW president Dr. Kimberly Kagan titled, The Fight to Secure Helmand Province.
In the pre-dawn hours of Monday, 25 April, nearly 500 imprisoned insurgents escaped from Kandahar’s central prison through a 1,200 foot tunnel dug by the Taliban.
President Obama insists that protecting civilians is the only military objective in Libya and air power is the only means we will use to achieve it.
In recent days, Libyan rebels have struggled to maintain control of their previous strongholds in the face of an intensifying assault by Qaddafi’s forces.