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Emirati leader meets with Taliban official facing $10 million US bounty over attacks

The leader of the United Arab Emirates has met with an official in the Taliban government still wanted by the United States on an up-to $10 million bounty over his involvement in an attack that killed an American citizen and other assaults

The Independent UK

Group aiding kin of slain CIA officers comes out of shadows

The CIA Officers Memorial Foundation provides college tuition and other expenses to children of fallen officers

The Independent UK

CIA unveils model of al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri's hideout

The CIA has revealed the scale model of the safe house where it found and killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

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Declassified report shows US predictions of IS group threat

A newly declassified U.S. intelligence report predicted in 2020 that the Islamic State group was likely to regain much of its former strength and global influence, particularly if American and Western forces reduced their role in countering the extremist movement

The Independent UK

9/11 Attacks Still Reverberate as US Marks 21st Anniversary

Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes, and pleas to "never forget," 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on US soil. Bonita Mentis set out to read victims' names at the ground zero ceremony wearing a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne Mentis, a 25-year-old…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Editorial: After a year under Taliban rule, Afghans feel the price of peace.

Afghanistan today under Taliban rule virtually mirrors what the country was like before the American invasion in October 2001. Girls cannot attend secondary school. Once again, women no longer work as lawyers, judges or police officers. Men must wear beards and traditional Afghan garb.

Chicago Tribune

A year after the fall of Kabul, Taliban's false commitments on terrorism have been fully exposed

When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, there were faint hopes that this time would be different.

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One year after Afghan war, Biden struggles to find footing

The nearly 12 months since the chaotic end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan haven’t been easy for Joe Biden

The Independent UK

One year after Afghanistan, spy agencies pivot toward China

A year has passed since President Joe Biden ended the war in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Taliban say bomb kills 8 people in Shiite area of Kabul

The Taliban say at least eight people have been killed after a bomb hidden in a cart went off near a mosque in a minority Shiite neighborhood in the Afghan capital

The Independent UK

Feared Taliban family dubbed 'The Sopranos of Terror' killed by US 'ninja' missile

Members of the Taliban mafia have been killed alongside the Al-Qaeda boss in Afghanistan. Sources told the Mirror that Ayman al-Zawahiri was not the only person to die in the missile strike

Daily Mirror

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Parkland jurors view crime scene of chilling destruction, frozen in time moments after bloodbath

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Taliban claims it did not know Al-Qaeda boss was in Afghanistan as it warns US to ‘never repeat’ drone strike

Ayman al-Zawahri, the head of Al-Qaeda, was killed in a drone strike on Sunday

Evening Standard

Taliban claim 'no knowledge' of slain Al Qaeda leader Al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan

The Taliban said Thursday they are investigating what they described as “claims” that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghan capital.

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The Independent UK

Taliban claim they unaware of al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan

The Taliban say they are investigating what they they described as “claims” that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghan capital

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Claim They Unaware of Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan

The Taliban broke its silence Thursday, days after a US drone strike killing al-Qaeda’s top leader in Afghanistan’s capital, acknowledging his slaying and pledging to launch an investigation. The killing of Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safehouse Sunday has further strained relations between the Taliban and the…

Tribune News Service

Bobby Ghosh: Al-Zawahri killing gives Afghanistan an opening with US

The U.S. drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahri in Kabul on Sunday caught the Taliban leadership both red-handed and flat-footed. Their promises to prevent the country from once again becoming a terrorist haven have been exposed as lies: The al-Qaida leader was living in the Afghan capital, reportedly in a…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Al-Zawahri killing was a great success of a bygone era

The U.S. drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahri, the head of al-Qaeda and one of the last remaining architects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, delivered a measure of justice. It did not deliver resolution in the debates still surrounding U.S. counterterrorism policy.

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Editorial: Elimination of al-Qaida leader is a moment to celebrate

Like Osama bin Laden, his predecessor as leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahri had the blood of thousands of innocents on his hands. His death, announced by the White House on Monday, should be welcomed not just in the United States but everywhere his terrorist organization has wrought havoc over the…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Evil man gone: The just killing of Ayman al-Zawahri

We have waited 7,629 days since 9/11, almost 21 years, to announce the death of Ayman al-Zawahri, an eye surgeon who was the No. 2 man and power behind the throne of Osama Bin Laden’s al-Qaida. Truly a Dr. Evil, this now satisfyingly dead Egyptian violated his medical oath as…

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: A look at the missile that killed al-Qaida leader

U.S. officials have said taking out a terrorist threat in Afghanistan with no American troops on the ground would be difficult but not impossible

Los Angeles Times

Al-Qaida leader’s death raises concerns over Taliban links, Afghanistan’s future

BEIRUT — By the time two U.S. Hellfire missiles slammed into the balcony of a house in downtown Kabul early Sunday morning and killed Ayman al-Zawahri, the 71-year-old al-Qaida leader had become increasingly irrelevant to the organization he had once helped shape into one of the world’s most dangerous jihadi…

The Independent UK

The downside: US strike shows Afghanistan still terror base

The Biden administration is holding out the CIA operation that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri as a monumental strike against the global terror network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001

The Conversation

Who was Ayman al-Zawahri? Where does his death leave al-Qaida and what does it say about US counterterrorism?

Ayman al-Zawahri, leader of al-Qaida and a plotter of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been killed in a drone strike in the Afghan city of Kabul, according to the U.S. government.

The National (Scotland)

Al-Qaida leader killed in Afghanistan by US drone strike, Biden confirms

US President Joe Biden has confirmed al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan.

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