August 18, 2021 9:23 am
These are the top leaders of the Taliban, men who have spent years on the run, in hiding, in jail and dodging U.S. drones.
August 17, 2021 7:54 pm
Now that the Taliban are back in power, there are already worries that Afghanistan will again become a breeding ground for Islamic radicalism and terrorism.
June 23, 2021 8:42 am
Only seven police officers are known to have survived the ambush, authorities from the security ministry said.
June 23, 2021 8:29 am
The UN special envoy for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, told the council she cannot overstate her concern at the situation, saying every major trend -- politics, security, the peace process, the economy, the humanitarian emergency and tackling COVID-19 -- is either "negative or stagnant."
December 14, 2020 12:51 pm
Indonesian police have arrested a senior leader of the Al-Qaida-linked extremist group which carried out the 2002 Bali bombings. The militant was also believed to be involved in other deadly attacks.
December 06, 2020 10:35 am
“The fight against global terrorism is still ongoing, and we must still win the battle for peace and security to prevail,” said Ayub Ismail Yusuf, a Somali senator, who called the U.S. decision “untimely” on Twitter. “We must not give up on our successes.”
October 08, 2019 9:34 pm
Omar was the head of Al-Qaida operations in South Asia. Among those killed was Raihan, Omar's courier to Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the leader of the Al-Qaida network, the statement added.
March 28, 2016 11:24 am
The city known to Syrians as the 'Bride of the Desert'' is famous for its 2,000-year-old ruins that once drew tens of thousands of visitors each year before IS destroyed many of the monuments.
January 06, 2016 3:33 am
When contacted, DCP (Special Cell) Pramod Kushwaha, who is supervising the investigation related to Masood, said: “I will not comment on the matter as the case is still under investigation.”
December 19, 2015 4:57 am
In 2001, these Pakistani nationals were killed in an encounter, following which Rehman went underground.
June 18, 2014 9:35 am
Thousands have been displaced and are forced to dwell in refugee camps after the militants took over three major towns of Iraq. The country is staring at the worst ever humanitarian crisis.
June 18, 2014 9:35 am
Al-Qaida-inspired militants seized Iraq’s second city of Mosul, the surrounding Nineveh province and parts of Kirkuk on Tuesday (June 10).