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Al Qaeda

Al Qaeda is militant organisation founded in 1988 and led by Saif Al Adel. It has many branches, notably in Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and in the Maghreb

US Special Envoy to Afghanistan Thomas West speaks with Afghan Representative Shah Gul Rezai during a meeting at the Soria Moria hotel in Oslo, Norway. NTB/Stian Lysberg Solum via Reuters

Biden’s Afghanistan envoy details ‘honest and productive’ dialogue with Taliban

USFebruary 15, 2022
Pakistani security officials patrol at the country's border with Afghanistan. EPA

German intelligence on alert for extremists travelling to Afghanistan

EuropeFebruary 09, 2022
Amir Mohammed Said Abd Al Rahman Al Mawla. AFP
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ISIS leader killed in US Special Forces operation in Syria

SyriaFebruary 03, 2022
An Al Qaeda logo on a street sign in the town of Jaar in Yemen’s southern Abyan province in 2012. Hani Mohammed / AP

AQAP announces death of former Bin Laden associate in Yemen, intelligence group says

GulfJanuary 21, 2022
Ted Kaczynski, the 'Unabomber', in a 1996 photo at the Lewis and Clark jail in Helena, Montana. AFP

'Unabomber' transferred to US federal medical centre

USDecember 23, 2021
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos Franca the 76th UN General Assembly in New York, earlier this year. AFP

US Treasury designates Al Qaeda support network in Brazil

USDecember 23, 2021
The report said that Iran remained unwilling to bring Al Qaeda leaders to justice and has refused to publicly identify them. Reuters

US government accuses Iran of harbouring senior Al Qaeda leaders

USDecember 16, 2021
People crowd at the money exchange Sarai Shahzada market in Kabul on December 13 as Afghanistan's currency dived to a record low against the US dollar. AFP
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How September 11 victims could claim frozen Afghan reserve funds

USDecember 14, 2021
Gen Frank McKenzie, head of US Central Command, said the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan had affected the monitoring of Al Qaeda activity in the country. AP Photo

Centcom chief says Al Qaeda numbers up 'slightly' in Afghanistan

AsiaDecember 10, 2021
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 20, 2021, shows the remains of a vehicle reportedly destroyed by a drone strike, on the northeastern outskirts of Syria's rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib. - The US military on October 1, 2021, named the senior Al-Qaeda commander killed in an airstrike in the Idlib region of northwest Syria on September 20 as Salim Abu-Ahmad. The drone strike targeted a vehicle on the road from Idlib city to Binnish, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which said two jihadist commanders died. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
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US investigates civilian deaths in Syria strike on Al Qaeda leader

SyriaDecember 05, 2021
A Taliban guard outside a military hospital in Kabul, a day after a deadly attack by ISIS militants. EPA

The Taliban are powerless to stop ISIS terrorism in Afghanistan

CommentNovember 04, 2021
Two roadside bombs exploded near a bus carrying troops in early morning of October 20 near Al Tanf base, which is used by US troops. At least 14 people were killed and three others wounded, according to a state TV report. EPA / Syrian Arab News Agency

US military says it killed senior Al Qaeda leader in Syria with drone strike

USOctober 23, 2021
Zayn al Abidin Muhammad Husayn, a Palestinian known as Abu Zubaydah, is imprisoned at Guantanamo. (Department of Defense/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Guantanamo Bay detainee could give evidence on torture

USOctober 18, 2021
A vehicle destroyed in what is believed to be a drone strike on the outskirts of Syria's rebel-held north-western city of Idlib. AFP

Drone strike kills at least one in north-western Syria

WorldSeptember 20, 2021
Experts said Al Qaeda could regain a foothold in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Photo: Reuters

Afghan terror training camps ‘could cause wave of attacks in Europe in five years’

UKSeptember 13, 2021
Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri in the video released on Saturday, marking the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the US. AP

Al Qaeda chief appears in video on 9/11 anniversary

WorldSeptember 12, 2021
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