Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani urged the new US administration Friday to step up pressure on the Taliban and not rush to withdraw more troops. Ghani said the Taliban have failed to live up to conditions agreed in their February 2020 deal with the United States to reduce attacks in Afghanistan and sever longstanding ties to Al-Qaeda.

Afghanistan's Ghani urges Biden to up pressure on Taliban

The United States on Tuesday welcomed the arrest of UN-designated terrorist Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and urged Pakistan to hold him accountable for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

US urges Pak to hold designated terrorist LeT commander Lakhvi accountable for 26/11 Mumbai attacks

According to Newton's third law of motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. It is a law which applies outside physics too, that is when you create trouble, you invite it home.

'Epicenter' of al-Qaeda financing: How Saudi Arabia's terror policy backfired

Switzerland has arrested four people on suspicions of links with the Jihadist organisations Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) group. The four suspects, three men and one woman, were arrested while the authorities were conducting sear operations in the canton of Fribourg in western Switzerland.

Switzerland questions four with suspected links to Al-Qaeda, IS; two released

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist Shamim Ansari from Jalangi in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Saturday. This is the tenth such arrest within a week in connection with the ongoing investigation to uncover the Al-Qaeda network existing in West Bengal and other states.

NIA arrests 10th suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist from Bengal’s Murshidabad

A secret chamber was found on Sunday by sleuths of the NIA at the residence of suspected al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Sufiyan, one of the six arrested from Murshidabad district in West Bengal, officials said.

Secret chamber found at house of suspected al-Qaeda terrorist in Murshidabad: Police

National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested 9 Al-Qaeda terrorists in India during multiple raids which were carried out in Kerala and Bengal.

India: NIA arrested 9 al-qaeda terrorists from Kerala & West Bengal

The United States on Friday marks the 19th anniversary of the shocking 9/11 attack that was orchestrated by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. On September 11, 2001, 19 men hijacked 4 fuel-loaded US commercial airplanes bound for west coast destinations.

Al-Qaeda confronting an uncertain future 19 years after 9/11 attack

On September 11, 2001, two planes were flown into the famous twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. 19 terrorists associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. The third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, DC, and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Over 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The 9/11 attack triggered major US initiatives to combat terrorism.

What happened on September 11, 2001? | 9/11 attacks

France said on Friday that its military has killed al-Qaeda's North Africa chief Abdelmalek Droukdel, a key fighter who its forces had been hunting for more than seven years, during an operation in Mali.

French forces kill al-Qaeda's North Africa chief Abdelmalek Droukdel

International war crimes judges will rule on Thursday whether a probe into wartime abuses in Afghanistan will go ahead, including possible atrocities committed by US forces.

War crimes judges to rule on International Criminal Court probe in Afghanistan

An Israeli aircraft have flown through Sudanese airspace for the first time, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called another example of warming ties with formally hostile states.

Israeli aircraft flew over Sudan for first time: Benjamin Netanyahu

Good morning! Here’s what you need to know to start your day with WION’s daily news brief. As coronavirus death toll rises over 635, President Xi says China starting 'people's war' The death toll in China's coronavirus continued to rise on Friday with authorities reporting at least 636 deaths with infections rising past 31,000.

Morning News Brief: Coronavirus death toll rises, US kills Al-Qaeda chief in Arabian Peninsula and more

Two American soldiers were killed and two others injured in a roadside bomb attack on a US Army vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO mission there said.

Two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan bomb attack, says NATO mission

A Taliban roadside bomb ripped through a US army vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, with no immediate details of casualties. The incident took place in Dand district of southern Kandahar province, where a bomb hit a US armoured vehicle, provincial police spokesman Jamal Nasir Barkzai told reporters.

Afghanistan: Blast hits US army vehicle in Dand, Taliban claims responsibility

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At least 14 servicemen were killed in Afghanistan's northern province of Jowzjan after Taliban terrorists carried out an attack on a security checkpoint, media reported, citing a local official.

14 servicemen killed in Afghanistan in Taliban assault

More than 235,000 people have fled the Idlib region over the past two weeks, the UN said Friday, amid heightened regime and Russian attacks on Syria's last major opposition bastion.

More than 235,000 flee northwest Syria flare-up: United Nation

Global collaboration is the key to conducting counter-terrorism in the Middle East following the reported death of the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group, while finding a coordinated international approach to combating terrorism which avoids the errors made in previous policy decisions of Western countries is crucial to addressing the issue, according to a China Media Group (CMG) commentary published on Tuesday.

Collaboration is the key to counter-terrorism work in the Middle East

India's Security Forces Have Wiped Out An Al-Qaeda Affiliate From Jammu & Kashmir In a major victory, India's security forces have wiped out an Al-Qaeda affiliate from Jammu & Kashmir.

Gravitas: Big Victory For India: Al-qaeda Affiliate 'wiped Out' From J&K

The leader of Al-Qaeda's South Asian branch was killed in a US-Afghan joint raid in southern Afghanistan last month, Afghan officials confirmed Tuesday. Asim Umar, who led Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) from its inception in 2014, was killed during a raid September 23 on a Taliban compound in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province.

'Enemy fabricated propaganda', says Taliban as it denies killing of South Asia region Al-Qaeda chief Asim Umar in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's war cost 13-year-old shoe shiner Hameedullah his education. Poverty forced Sabir, 11, to flee home and sell dried fruits on Kabul's streets. Niyamathullah, 9, hangs out in a park, looking for work.

'Peace is like a dream': Afghan generation knows only conflict as war turns 18

A former World Bank economist, an ophthalmologist, a spy chief and a one-time warlord are among the 15 candidates vying for the presidency when Afghanistan heads to the polls this weekend.

The economist and the eye doctor: The Afghan presidential hopefuls

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take care of it, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, on Pakistan PM Imran Khan's admission that his country's ISI is training Al Qaeda.

PM Modi will take care of it: Trump on Imran Khan admitting ISI's role in training Al Qaeda

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