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Twenty years ago today, Tunisians helped carry out the assassination of Afghan Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud two days before the 9/11 attacks. In the late 1990s, Massoud had been a key U.S. ally against the Taliban’s advances, and although his fortunes had changed significantly by 2001, Washington would no doubt have relied on him heavily during the post-9/11 invasion were he still alive. Flash forward to this week, and the Taliban has just declared victory over resistance forces led by Massoud’s son Ahmad in the Panjshir Valley—a sobering bookend to a battle the group has been waging against the Northern Alliance for two decades.
Yet the heavy Tunisian involvement and other circumstances of the 2001 assassination merit a closer look, not only for their impact on subsequent developments in the global jihadist movement, but also because of the implications they hold now that Afghanistan is once again under Taliban control. Massoud’s death served multiple purposes, some of which were not entirely evident until after the fact: his killing was a gift that the Tunisian Combat Group (TCG) and al-Qaeda gave the Taliban for fighting their local enemy, as well as a public signal to launch the 9/11 attacks and an important part of al-Qaeda’s preparations for the eventual coalition invasion of Afghanistan. This is the story of the assassination, who was behind it, and why it still matters for individuals attempting to understand how jihadist networks change over time—and what types of operatives may now return to Afghanistan.
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Shining Light on the “Going Dark” Phenomenon: U.S. Efforts to Overcome the Use of End-to-End Encryption by Islamic State Supporters – Ryan Pereira, Harvard National Security Journal: https://bit.ly/2XaRfu4
Sunday September 5:
When Civilians are Targets: The Fatal Effects of State Sponsored Religiously Motivated Terrorism – Brittnee Carter, Democracy and Security: https://bit.ly/3C2D9do
How Are the Taliban Organized? – Abdul Sayed, Voice of America: https://bit.ly/3A0Ar7D
Translating Ideas into Actions: Analyzing Local Strategic Work to Counter Violent Extremism – Robin Andersson Malmros, Democracy and Security: https://bit.ly/3yZTDRR
Tuesday September 7:
The evolving Taliban-ISK rivalry – Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines, and Abdul Sayed, The Lowy Institute: https://bit.ly/3C4eFkh
Islamic State in Khorasan Province’s Campaign against Afghan Women – Riccardo Valle, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/3hnsJ06
Wednesday September 8:
The Terror Threat From Afghanistan Post the Taliban Takeover – Asfandyar Mir, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3E5sAs4
The Fight for Supremacy in Northwest Syria and the Implications for Global Jihad – Charles Lister, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/38WFF8K
The Jihadi Threat in the Arabian Peninsula – Elisabeth Kendall, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3jZEQT1
The Threat in Africa—The New Epicenter of Global Jihadi Terror – Tricia Bacon and Jason Warner, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3yZTBtc
What Is the Future of the Global Jihadi Movement? – Colin Clarke, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3C3A9Of
Al-Shabaab’s Assassinations: Investigating the Uniqueness of Al-Shabaab’s Assassinations via Suicide Bombing – Ellen Chapin, Stephanie Lizzo, and Jason Warner, The Journal of the Middle East and Africa: https://bit.ly/3z1oOfm
Thursday September 9:
When Tunisians Fired the Start Gun for 9/11 – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3hEbEPZ
What the Global War on Terror Really Accomplished – Hassan Hassan, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/3k1HwQ6
Jihadism is Spreading to the Gulf of Guinea Littoral States, and a New Approach to Countering It is Needed – Aneliese Bernard, Modern War Institute: https://bit.ly/2YLDsLy
The Islamic State’s expansion into Congo’s Ituri Province – Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell, Long War Journal: https://bit.ly/3tuWvF6
Remembering the Gains of the Afghanistan War – Daniel Byman and Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3EfDs6S
Friday September 10:
The Intractability of Islamist Insurgencies: Islamist Rebels and the Recurrence of Civil War – Desirée Nilsson, Isak Svensson, International Studies Quarterly: https://bit.ly/3zh6m2x
Framing Insurgency and the Rebel Proto-State: Al-Shabaab’s Media and Information Operations – Christopher Anzalone, The Journal of the Middle East and Africa: https://bit.ly/3AqA8mX
Gone to Waste: the ‘CVE’ Industry After 9/11 – Lydia Wilson, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/39jNPZ8
The Massoud Assassination and 9/11 – HINDSIGHT IS 20/20: https://bit.ly/3AmPfhj
