Islamic State
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Shia mosque bombing kills dozens in Afghan city of Kunduz
Large number of worshippers killed or wounded during Friday prayers in blast claimed by ISKPAt least 100 worsh…
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Civilians killed in deadliest Kabul attack since US withdrawal
Islamic State suspected of carrying out bombing outside mosque in Afghan capitalAt least five civilians have b…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Education, Employment, Global development, Internally displaced people, Islamic State, Pakistan, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US foreign policy, World news
‘Living in a cave is no life’: Pakistani villagers trapped by Taliban and poverty
Seven years after fleeing army clashes with militants, 100 families eking out an existence on a hillside near …
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Islamic State, Law, South and Central Asia, Taliban, War crimes, World news
ICC asked to relaunch inquiry into Taliban and IS ‘war crimes’
Move shows court’s determination to investigate contemporary as well as past crimes against humanityThe intern…
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Three killed in explosions in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan
Initial reports suggest a Taliban convoy may have been targeted in the ISKP’s stronghold regionAt least three …
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Islamic State affiliate leader killed in raid, says Indonesian military
Central Sulawesi province’s military chief says Ali Kalora of East Indonesia Mujahideen shot during gun battle…
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Arms trade, George Bush, Islamic State, Osama bin Laden, September 11 2001, South and Central Asia, Tony Blair, UK security and counter-terrorism, US foreign policy, US news, Uyghurs, World news, Yemen
Lives lost, poverty, an arms race, rights destroyed … the continuing cost of 9/11
The US has now spent $8 trillion over 20 years in its response to the attacks. But the true price has been mor…
- Afghanistan, Foreign policy, Islamic State, MI5, Politics, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
MI5 chief: Taliban Afghan victory has boosted extremists
Ken McCallum says his agency has helped stop six ‘late-stage’ terrorist attacks during pandemicMI5’s chief sai…
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Islamic State, Politics, September 11 2001, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, US news, World news
The lesson we failed to learn from 9/11: peace is impossible if we don’t talk to our enemies | Jonathan Powell
We should have engaged with the Taliban 20 years ago, but we thought the winner takes all. It undermined our o…
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Iraq, Islamic State, Middle East and North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabia, September 11 2001, World news
Al-Qaida: the terror group that learned the secret of longevity
Twenty years after 9/11, 33 years after it was first conceived, and against all the odds, the terrorist group …
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Revealed: life inside ‘global villages’ of Islamic State jihadis in Afghanistan
Women recruited as brides for terrorist fighters give rare insight into international network that bombed airp…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Islamic State, Middle East and North Africa, Qatar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US military, US news, World news
Some slept, some cried, all were now refugees: inside one of the last Afghan airlifts
Those on board the cramped military plane weren’t granted a last glimpse of their homeland before the difficul…
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True colours: inside the 3 September Guardian Weekly
How will the Taliban rule Afghanistan? plus Angela Merkel’s political legacy. Get the magazine delivered to yo…
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After 20 years, last US flight departs Kabul, leaving Afghanistan to its fate
Last Americans, including acting ambassador, have now left, ending near 20-year occupationOpinion: Men like Mc…
- Afghanistan, Emmanuel Macron, Foreign policy, France, Islamic State, Politics, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, United Nations, World news
British troops could help police Kabul airport safe zone
UN security council discussing proposal to allow safe passage for people leaving AfghanistanBritish troops and…