The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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Taliban shadow governor for Kunduz denies reports of his death Posted: 01 Oct 2015 12:25 PM PDT Mullah Abdul Salam, the Taliban's shadow governor for the embattled Afghan province of Kunduz, denied NDS reports that he was killed in a US airstrike. Salam is directing the fighting in Kunduz. Afghan soldiers are reported to have retaken the center of the city of Kunduz city and are battling the Taliban in several neighborhoods.

Al Qaeda brigade claims attack on Russian forces in Syria Posted: 30 Sep 2015 03:49 PM PDT On the same day that Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad, a mainly Uzbek jihadist group, swore allegiance to Al Nusrah Front, it claimed an attack on Russian forces in the Latakia province of Syria.