United Nations Security Council Resolution , adopted unanimously on March , , after recalling its previous resolutions on Afghanistan, in particular resolutions (), () and (), the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until March , and realigned its mandate to assist with government-led recovery efforts.

United Nations Security Council resolution , adopted unanimously on July , after recalling resolutions (), (), (), (), (), (), (), () and () concerning terrorism, the Council renewed sanctions against Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and associated individuals and groups for a further seventeen months.

The Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA-USA) is an "American non-profit organization established in and dedicated to the empowerment of disadvantaged people everywhere through relief and participatory development programs emphasizing human dignity, self-reliance, and social justice." It has been under scrutiny by the FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force since October , when its offices were raided and its operations shut down.

The Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation; Urdu: آپریشن راہ نجات) was a strategic offensive military operation by the unified command of Pakistan Armed Forces against the Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) and their extremist allies in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas that began on June , ; a major ground-air offensive was subsequently launched on October .

Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi (أبو بكر البغدادي; born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri إبراهيم عواد إبراهيم علي محمد البدري السامرائي in ) is the leader of the Salafi jihadist militant terrorist organisation known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL),Rewards for Justice – Retrieved January which controls territory in several countries.