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  Al-Qaida’s top leader Khalid al-Batarfi, who had $5 million bounty on his head, died mysteriously

  World | March 11, 2024 10:38 IST

  Al-Qaida released a video showing al-Batarfi wrapped in a funeral shroud of the al-Qaida black-and-white flag. It offered no details on the cause of his death and there was no clear sign of trauma visible on his face. A

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  Five terror groups removed from blacklist by United States, al-Qaida retained upon review

  World | May 21, 2022 7:07 IST

  The organizations removed are the Basque separatist group ETA, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo, the radical Jewish group Kahane Kach and two Islamic groups that have been active in Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Egypt.

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  Antony Blinken defense of Afghan policy clouded by al-Qaida warning

  World | September 15, 2021 6:42 IST

  Blinken had mixed results in attempting to face down 2nd day of tough congressional questioning, this time from Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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  EXPLAINER: When is the US war in Afghanistan really over?

  World | July 02, 2021 11:51 IST

  US officials said that the US military has left Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan after nearly 20 years. 

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  ​Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri calls for attack on US, Europe, Israel and Russian targets

  World | September 11, 2019 23:39 IST

  Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri called Wednesday on Muslims to attack U.S., European, Israeli and Russian targets in a speech on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.

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  45 soldiers killed, 50 wounded in suicide bombing attack Yemen army base

  World | December 11, 2016 9:46 IST

  A suicide bomber blew himself up inside an army base in the southern city of Aden on Saturday, killing 45 soldiers and wounding another 50

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  Pakistanis are ‘traitors’ who want Kashmir to always remain a ‘dispute’: Al-Qaeda

  World | September 23, 2016 15:27 IST

  Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has come down heavily on the Pakistani government, its army and intelligence agencies for ‘betraying’ Kashmiris for their “own vested interests”.

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  Al-Qaida's recruits thousands of fighters, including teenagers in Syria

  World | May 30, 2016 12:28 IST

  Beirut: Al-Qaida's branch in Syria has recruited thousands of fighters, including teenagers, and taken territory from government forces in a successful offensive in the north, illustrating how the cease-fire put in place by Russia and

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  Al-Qaida says it killed Bangladesh gay activist, friend

  World | April 26, 2016 20:53 IST

  The Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaida claimed responsibility Tuesday for the killing of a gay rights activist and his friend

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  126 hostages freed from Burkina Faso hotel, operation over

  World | January 16, 2016 17:16 IST

  Burkina Faso (Africa): Burkina Faso and French forces killed at least three extremists and freed 126 people as they took back control of a luxury hotel in the capital that had been seized by the

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  Senior al-Qaida commander killed in an airstrike in Syria

  World | October 17, 2015 23:46 IST

  Beirut (AP):  An airstrike has killed a top al-Qaida commander and two other fighters in Syria, activists said Saturday, but it was not immediately clear whether it was carried out by the U.S.-led coalition or

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  Al-Qaida fighters kill 45 Syrian army prisoners: Activists

  World | September 19, 2015 19:26 IST

  Beirut: Members of al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria have shot dead at least 45 soldiers captured from a base in northwestern Syria last week, activists said today.Such killings of captured troops have been a common practice

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  Al-Qaida key figure killed in US airstrike

  World | July 22, 2015 7:18 IST

  Washington:  US Department of Defence late Tuesday said Muhsin al-Fadhli, a longtime al-Qaida operative and the leader of the Khorasan Group, was killed in the US airstrike in Syria on July 8.Al-Fadhli, who had previously

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  Al-Qaida's Pakistan network head killed in security raid: Government

  World | July 01, 2015 18:37 IST

  Lahore:  The head of Al-Qaida's Pakistan wing has been killed in a raid by counter-terrorism commandos earlier this week near Lahore, foiling their plot to attack the offices of a spy agency, Punjab Home Minister

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  Osama bin Laden doll created by CIA up for sale at auction

  World | June 20, 2015 8:09 IST

  Los Angeles: A demon-faced Osama bin Laden doll that was created as part of a CIA programme to dissuade children from idolizing the al-Qaida chief has been put on SALE.Only three copies of the 12-inch

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  Sushma Swaraj is not guilty, says Arun Jaitley: Top 5 News Headlines of June 16

  India | June 16, 2015 21:39 IST

  Lalit Modi row: All charges against Sushma Swaraj are ‘baseless', says Arun JaitleyMaintaining the government's stand on Sushma Swaraj controversy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today rejected all allegations against the Foreign Minister saying she acted

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  Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader Nasir al-Wahishi killed in US strike

  World | June 16, 2015 20:44 IST

  Cairo: A US airstrike has killed al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, who commanded its powerful Yemeni affiliate, dealing the global network its biggest blow since the killing of Osama bin Laden and eliminating a charismatic leader

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  US airstrikes in Libya target al-Qaida commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar

  World | June 16, 2015 8:37 IST

  Pentagon officials said on Monday they believe they hit Mokhtar Belmokhtar in an airstrike on Sunday in eastern Libya.But uncertainty still surrounds the US airstrike in eastern Libya, and whether Belmokhtar, the one-eyed, al-Qaida-linked commander

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  Al Jazeera's Pakistan bureau chief an al-Qaida man, US says

  World | May 09, 2015 19:09 IST

  Washington: The US has labelled a journalist, who interviewed Osama bin Laden and for years managed Al Jazeera's bureau in Pakistan, as a member of al-Qaida and put him on a terrorist list, according to

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  John Kerry says he will discuss pause in Yemen war with Saudi Arabian officials

  World | May 06, 2015 17:35 IST

  Djibouti: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday he'll discuss with Saudi Arabian officials how to implement a "humanitarian pause" in Yemen's civil war, citing increased shortages of food, fuel and medicine that are