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Category Archives: Al-Qaeda

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Afghanistan Pinned Hopes For Change On Biden, But U.S. Likely To Stay Course Set By Trump

14th November, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 14, 2020 Frud Bezhan Afghan officials have been angered and alienated by what they view as U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for a hasty military pullout from Afghanistan without a comprehensive peace settlement. Many in Kabul put their hopes on his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, winning the November 3 presidential

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, ISIS/DAESH, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Ashraf Ghani Government, United States handing Pakistan control of Afghanistan |
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Abdullah Criticizes Lack of Progress in Doha Talks

13th November, 2020 · admin · 5 Comments

Tolo News: Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Friday said the peace negotiations in Qatar have no progress, adding that “what is the sense for the presence of the negotiating team—of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan—then the conflicts are intensifying.”  Click here to read more (external link). Related Al-Qaeda Threatens

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Taliban Calls On U.S. President-Elect Biden To Stick To Doha Peace Deal

10th November, 2020 · admin · 16 Comments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 10, 2020 KABUL — The Taliban has called on U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to stick to a February peace agreement between the militant group and the United States, describing its implementation as the “the most reasonable and effective tool” for ending the war in Afghanistan. The Taliban itself remains committed to the

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Mohammad Sarwar Danish |
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Afghan Government Says Taliban Maintaining Ties With Al-Qaida

7th November, 2020 · admin · 7 Comments

By Roshan Noorzai VOA News November 6, 2020 WASHINGTON – The Afghan government says that the killing of a high-ranking al-Qaida leader in a Taliban safe haven in eastern Afghanistan last month is an indication that the Taliban is not keeping up with its pledge to end ties with al-Qaida. “Unfortunately, the Taliban still provide a

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, ISIS/DAESH, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Al-Qaeda Members Killed in Taliban-Influenced Area in Farah: Zia

5th November, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

Tolo News: Gen. Yasin Zia, Chief of Army Staff, who is in south of the country following an increase in Taliban attacks, said on Thursday that more al-Qaeda members have been killed in operations by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in a Taliban-influenced area in Farah province in the last few days. “The Taliban

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Security, Taliban | Tags: Farah, Yasin Zia |
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US Officials Say Dead al-Qaida Leader Not Group’s Number 2

26th October, 2020 · admin

By Jeff Seldin VOA News October 26, 2020 WASHINGTON – The United States is confirming the death of a high-ranking al-Qaida official in Afghanistan – only it appears the dead terrorist is not the group’s second-in-command, as has been reported. A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the death of al-Qaida’s Abu Muhsin

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: NDS |
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Afghan Security Forces Kill Top Al-Qaeda Leader

25th October, 2020 · admin

By RFE/RL Gandhara October 25, 2020 Afghan security forces have killed Abu Muhsin al-Masri, a senior Al-Qaeda leader who was also wanted by the United States. Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security said in a tweet on October 24 that Masri, believed to be the No. 2 figure in Al-Qaeda, was killed by special forces in central Ghazni Province. It

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Science and Technology, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ghazni, NDS |
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Concerns Mount as US Seen Downplaying Al-Qaida Threat in Afghanistan

17th October, 2020 · admin

By Jeff Seldin VOA News October 16, 2020 WASHINGTON – There are growing concerns the United States is vastly underestimating al-Qaida’s strength and influence in Afghanistan, even as the White House continues to talk about ever more ambitious deadlines for bringing home U.S. troops still stationed in the country. Specifically, international terrorism officials, as well

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Zalmay Khalilzad |
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Fear Grows Over Afghan Civilians ‘Trapped’ In Helmand’s Capital

15th October, 2020 · admin · 5 Comments

RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 15, 2020 LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — Concerns are rising for the fate of tens of thousands of civilians caught up in battles between the Afghan government forces and the Taliban in the southern province of Helmand. More than 6,000 families have taken refuge in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, following

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban | Tags: Helmand |
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Taliban’s Expanding ‘Financial Power’ Could Make It ‘Impervious’ To Pressure, Confidential NATO Report Warns

17th September, 2020 · admin · 17 Comments

By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 16, 2020 The Taliban’s burgeoning financial might could make the militant group immune to pressure from the international community as it negotiates a role in postwar Afghanistan, according to a confidential report commissioned by NATO and obtained by RFE/RL. The Taliban “has achieved, or is close to achieving,

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Drugs, Economic News, Haqqani Network, NATO-Afghanistan, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Hibatullah Akhundzada, Illegal Mining, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, Mullah Omar, Pakistan takeover of Afghanistan via Taliban, Taliban - Pakistani asset |
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