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Afghanistan crisis: Taliban 'conundrum' is forcing strange bedfellows

Now that unlikely group of geopolitical rivals find their interests aligned once more, only this time to see those same Taliban leaders restore order in a nation of 38 million

How 9/11 attacks turned America into a debased, half-crazed, fading power

America launched a bad-faith global crusade to instill democracy in the Muslim world and ended up with its own democracy in tatters.

Taliban escalated terror attacks, protected Al-Qaeda, says Pentagon

Taliban escalated its own terror attacks across Afghanistan, including female government officials, aid and healthcare workers and protected al-Qaeda even while it was negotiating with the US govt

Al Qaeda will probably come back to Afghanistan: UK Defence Secy

Al Qaeda "will probably come back" as the situation in Afghanistan deteriorates, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.

Alleged al-Qaeda linked terrorists sent to custody for two weeks in UP

An NIA/ATS court on Monday sent the two alleged terrorists of the Al-Qaeda-supported Ansar Ghazwatul Hind arrested from the outskirts of Lucknow to 14-day police custody

After UP Police arrests 2 Al Qaeda terrorists, Bihar Police issues alert

The Bihar State Police Headquarters on Sunday issued an alert in all districts and railway stations after two terrorists linked with Al Qaeda were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow

UN report claims Taliban and Al-Qaeda remain closely aligned, no changes

A report by the UN Monitoring Team has said that the Taliban still maintains close ties with Al Qaeda.The 18-member States report released on Wednesday said, "the Taliban and Al-Qaeda remain closely aligned and show no indication of breaking ties. No material changes to this relationship, which has grown deeper as a consequence of personal bonds of marriage and shared partnership in struggle, now cemented through second generational ties," reported Tolo News.The report comes amid US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan and plan to leave completely by September 11.As part of last year's agreement between the preceding Trump administration and the Taliban, the group promised to instruct its members "not to cooperate with groups or individuals", reported Tolo News."While the Doha agreement has set some expectations for a break in the longstanding relationship between the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the publicly available text of the agreement does not define expectations, and its annexes remain .

Russia denies Mike Pompeo's allegation of links between Iran, al-Qaeda

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that there is no evidence of Iran's ties with terrorist group al-Qaeda, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made such an accusation.

Pompeo says Iran sheltering al-Qaeda; confirms death of group's 2nd-in-line

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo accused Iran of sheltering al-Qaeda asserting that the middle eastern country has become a new "home base" for the terror outfit

Mike Pompeo says al Qaeda has new home in Iran, gives no hard evidence

Pompeo told a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington that he was announcing publicly for the first time that al-Masri died on Aug. 7 last year.

United States says it won't allow Daniel Pearl's killer to evade justice

The US has said it is ready to take custody of British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Afghan military airstrikes kill 11 Al-Qaeda, 2 Taliban terrorists

Afghan Air Force (AAF) strikes launched in Helmand province's Nawa district have left 11 members of Al-Qaeda and two Taliban terrorists dead, the Afghan Ministry of Defence said on Sunday

Daniel Pearl murder: Sindh govt halts release of Omar Sheikh, 3 others

Pakistan's Sindh province government has decided not to release British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides, accused of kidnapping and murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl, in view of a Supreme Court order, according to a media report. In a surprise move, a two-judge bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday directed security agencies not to keep Sheikh and other accused under "any sort of detention" and declared all notifications of the Sindh government related to their detention "null and void". The court observed that the four men's detention was "illegal". The court, however, had clarified that the accused should not be released if there is a Supreme Court restraining order regarding their detention. Citing its sources, the Express Tribune newspaper said that the provincial government will not release these men in view of the Supreme Court's September 28 order. The Pakistan People's Party-led Sindh government believes that the apex court's September

US concerned over Pak court's order to release accused in Daniel Pearl case

The US on Friday expressed "deep concern" over a Pakistani court's order to release British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Elements inside Pakistan army had links to Al-Qaeda: Barack Obama

In his latest book, America's first Black president described the various options of killing Bin Laden once it became increasingly clear that the elusive Al Qaeda chief was living in Pakistan

Al-Qaeda mastermind Mohsen Almisri killed by Afghan forces in Andar

Al-Qaeda mastermind Mohsen Almisri was killed in an operation conducted by Afghan forces in Andar district in Ghazni province, the National Directorate of Security said on Saturday

Al-Qaeda still close to Taliban despite assurance to cut ties: UN official

According to the UN official, the Taliban consulted on regular basis with al-Qaeda during the peace negotiations with the US

Al-Qaeda in Indian subcontinent capable of small-scale attacks: US official

AQIS was set up by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2014 to expand the terror group's influence in the region

Delhi court sends 6 alleged Al-Qaeda terrorists to 4-day NIA custody

Six out of nine accused were produced before Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh, who sent them to NIA custody after the agency sought the same

More people in West Bengal working for al-Qaeda, NIA official warns

On interrogating the six arrested from Murshidabad on Saturday, the NIA sleuths have unearthed the identities of two persons from Malda working in tandem with them