Terrorism

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  Terrorism

  2022-02-08

  US offers $10 million reward for information on ISIS-K leader

  The reward also applies to information leading to the arrest or conviction of the plotters of the August 26 suicide bombing at the Kabul airport.

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  Terrorism

  2021-12-31

  ISIS attacks fell in 2021, but Al-Azhar warns of group's 'drone' strategy

  The extremist group is exploiting technological advances to find new ways to inflict harm, experts caution, calling for ongoing vigilance.

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  Terrorism

  2021-10-20

  Taliban interior minister praises suicide bombers amid string of terror attacks

  Sirajuddin Haqqani, a wanted terrorist, made his remarks just days after ISIS militants killed dozens of Afghan citizens in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Kandahar.

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  Terrorism

  2021-09-24

  Al-Qaeda will seek to regroup under Taliban's mantle, experts warn

  With its message of support for the Taliban, al-Qaeda has given an early signal that it will attempt to build on its historic ties with the group.

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  Terrorism

  2021-08-27

  'We will hunt you down,' Biden warns Kabul bombers

  Twin suicide bombings that struck Hamid Karzai International Airport left at least 85 people dead, including Afghan civilians and 13 US troops.

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  Terrorism

  2021-06-04

  Uptick in Taliban use of land mines, mortars takes harsh toll on civilians

  The number of Afghans disabled by war increased by 50% in the first four months of 2021, compared to the same period last year, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

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  Terrorism

  2021-05-25

  Afghan government counters Taliban destruction with development projects

  The Taliban have damaged public infrastructure worth over $1 billion. But the government has pledged to inaugurate a completed project every day in the first 100 days of the current solar year.

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  Terrorism

  2021-05-19

  US vows to help counter 'potent' ISIS threat to Afghanistan

  The top US diplomat said the focus on ISIS does not give the Taliban a pass because of the 'ecosystem of terrorism and violence in which they are deeply, deeply, deeply complicit'.

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  Terrorism

  2021-04-28

  Tainted and tattered, bin Laden's legacy still haunts al-Qaeda

  Al-Qaeda 'barely survived' after the death of Osama bin Laden, analysts say, and the once popular figure is now seen by most as 'yesterday's news'.

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  Terrorism

  2021-03-11

  In photos: Taliban's destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas remembered

  'We do not want people to forget what a horrific crime was committed here,' said an organiser of a ceremony marking the Taliban's unforgivable destruction of Afghanistan's cultural heritage.