Al Qaida
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Al-Qaida’s top leader Khalid al-Batarfi, who had $5 million bounty on his head, died mysteriously
World | Mar 11, 2024, 10:38 AM ISTAl-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, 07:07 AM ISTThe 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 | Sep 15, 2021, 06:42 AM ISTBlinken 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 | Jul 02, 2021, 11:51 AM ISTUS 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 | Sep 11, 2019, 11:39 PM ISTAl-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 | Dec 11, 2016, 09:46 AM ISTA 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 | Sep 23, 2016, 03:27 PM ISTAl-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 PM ISTBeirut: 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 | Apr 26, 2016, 08:53 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 16, 2016, 05:16 PM ISTBurkina 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 | Oct 17, 2015, 11:46 PM ISTBeirut (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 | Sep 19, 2015, 07:26 PM ISTBeirut: 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 | Jul 22, 2015, 07:18 AM ISTWashington: 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 | Jul 01, 2015, 06:37 PM ISTLahore: 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 | Jun 20, 2015, 08:09 AM ISTLos 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 | Jun 16, 2015, 09:39 PM ISTLalit 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 | Jun 16, 2015, 08:44 PM ISTCairo: 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 | Jun 16, 2015, 08:37 AM ISTPentagon 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, 07:09 PM ISTWashington: 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, 05:35 PM ISTDjibouti: 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