Al-Qaida
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, World news
Al-Qaida enjoying a haven in Afghanistan under Taliban, UN warns
Intelligence report raises fears country could again become base for international terroristsAl-Qaida has a ha…
- 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…
- 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, 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 …
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Islamic State, Joe Biden, September 11 2001, South and Central Asia, US news, World news
I watched the bombs fall to unleash the 9/11 wars. Two decades later, they grind on | Jason Burke
Listening to Joe Biden’s words as the US left Afghanistan was to hear echoes of George W Bush from 2001. Is th…
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Australia news, Islamic State, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, World news
The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan will be a boon for international jihadism
Renewed safe haven means al-Qaida and others will have space, infrastructure, fighters and arms to plot a come…
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Biden administration, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US foreign policy, US news, World news
Biden’s ‘over the horizon’ counter-terrorism strategy comes with new risks
Analysis: US efforts to neutralise the threat posed by extremist groups in Afghanistan targeting the west will…
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Afghanistan will be seen as Joe Biden’s defeat. And it may come back to haunt him
The American public will not be in a forgiving mood if al-Qaida rises again following US withdrawal and the Ta…
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Islamic State, South and Central Asia, US foreign policy, US news, Uzbekistan, World news
As US troops leave Afghanistan, what will future policy look like?
Joe Biden has said he will cut air support to Afghan forces and target terrorist groups from regional basesAs …
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Biden administration, Joe Biden, Nato, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US foreign policy, US military, US politics
The Guardian view on the Afghanistan withdrawal: an unwinnable war | Editorial
Joe Biden has called time on America’s longest war. The decision exposes the limits of US power and leaves an …
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Indonesia arrests suspected Jemaah Islamiyah leader on the run since Bali bombings
Suspected bomb maker Zulkarnaen arrested in a raid at a house on Sumatra island Indonesian police have arreste…
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Afghan security forces kill senior al-Qaida leader
Abu Muhsin al-Masri was on FBI’s most-wanted list and had been charged with terrorism offences in USAfghan sec…
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Donald Trump, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Trump administration, World news
Afghanistan: Trump ready to sign peace deal with Taliban if truce holds
‘They want to make a deal. We want to make a deal’US and the Taliban announced truce earlier this monthDonald …
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US military, US national security, US news, World news
Trump confirms US has killed Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza
Death of son of the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was reported but not conf…