Al-Qaeda terrorist group could flourish with new strategy under Taliban rule
Afghanistan’s Taliban militants have promised the world for years that they wouldn’t allow their country to be used as a terrorist base. In an agreement...
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Top al Qaeda leader Salim Abu-Ahmad killed in US strike in Syria
Salim Abu-Ahmad, a senior leader of the al Qaeda terror outfit, has been identified as killed in a US drone strike in Syria last month,...
Islamic State and Al Qaeda terrorist groups could reconstitute in Afghanistan in 6 to 36 months
There is "a real possibility" that al Qaeda or ISIS could reconstitute in Afghanistan in the next six to 36 months, US chairman of the...
Pakistan is home to twelve terror groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed
Pakistan is home to at least 12 groups designated as 'foreign terrorist organisations' by the US, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed...
The Haqqani network is the new global terrorist threat
With close ties to al Qaeda, the network’s influence and network are likely to grow within Afghanistan and beyond. The Haqqani network has evolved over...
Toronto men caught with bomb-making manuals and al-Qaeda literature on phones
Six months after Kevin Omar Mohamed‘s prison sentence for terrorism came to an end, the RCMP’s Toronto O-INSET national security team decided to...
US military carried out successful airstrike on Al Qaeda leader in Syria
U.S. Central Command announced Monday that the military conducted a successful drone strike against a "senior al Qaeda leader" in Syria.
Pakistan arrested four suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Lahore
The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department has arrested four suspected al-Qaeda militants in Lahore, a CTD spokesperson said Tuesday.
US sanctions five Turkey-based Al-Qaeda supporters
The US Treasury placed five Turkey-based Al-Qaeda facilitators and financiers on its sanctions blacklist on Thursday, as it focuses its attention on the extremist group’s...
Zawahiri video shows al Qaeda alive and well amid Taliban takeover
A proof-of-life video from Ayman al Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s deputy who took over al Qaeda after the United States killed the terrorist leader in...
Pentagon chief says al-Qaeda may seek comeback in Afghanistan
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday the al-Qaeda extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack the United States 20 years...
Islamic State and Al-Qaeda terrorist group struggle for new recruits
Al-Qaida was planning two sets of terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001. On Sept. 11, 2021, as Americans commemorate...