Al Qaeda leader al-Zawahri calls for attacks on U.S on the 9/11 anniversary
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called on Muslims to attack U.S., European, Israeli and Russian targets in a speech on the 18th anniversary of...
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How potent a threat is Al-Qaeda since Bin Laden’s death?
In a dramatic late-night broadcast on May 2, 2011, Barack Obama, then US president, announced the death of the world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama bin...
UN chief: Islamic State remains resilient in Afghanistan
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Islamic State extremist group remains resilient in Afghanistan despite "a high pace" of operations against it by government and international...
Third Taliban attack in Afghanistan in a week amid the US peace push
The Taliban attacked a third provincial capital in Afghanistan in less than a week, killing at least two civilians, an official said Friday as a...
Taliban claim deadly attack near the US embassy in Kabul
At least 10 people have been killed after a car bomb rocked a high-security zone east of the capital of Afghanistan, which houses the US...
ISIS militants surrender to government in Kunar province
At least 150 Taliban and ISIS militants have surrendered to the Afghan government in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan
16 dead and 119 hurt in terror Taliban Attack in Kabul
The death toll from a late-night Taliban suicide attack in the Afghan capital rose to 16 civilians on Tuesday, with 119 people wounded, an official...