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KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban government on Saturday seized on an off-the-cuff remark by US President Joe Biden to underscore their claim that there was no al-Qaida threatin the country.Biden was leaving a press conference on Friday on the…

Last Updated: January 20, 2023, 00:19 ISTOn Thursday, Makki released a video statement saying the U.N. took action against him without hearing his testimony. (Representational pic/AFP)The U.N. on Tuesday designated Abdul Rehman Makki, 68,…

McLEAN, Virginia: The CIA has revealed a model of Ayman al-Zawahri’s safe house, used to brief President Joe Biden about the al-Qaida leader’s whereabouts before the agency killed him in a drone strike in Afghanistan. Shortly after…

ADEN: Twenty-one separatist fighters and six members of al-Qaida's Yemen branch were killed Tuesday as an attack by the jihadists punctured months of relative peace in the war-torn country, government and security sources said. Al-Qaeda in…

In a recent closed-door meeting with leaders of the agency’s counterterrorism center, the CIA’s No. 2 official made clear that fighting al-Qaida and other extremist groups would remain a priority _ but that the agency’s money and…

ISLAMABAD: The elimination of al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in a recent drone strike in Kabul has raised questions about the credibility of the Afghan Taliban government on its promise not to allow its soil to be used by terrorists…

UNITED NATIONS: A recent UN report had said that the core al-Qaida leadershipunder Ayman al-Zawahiri was reported to remain in Afghanistan, and the terror group's leader had increased outreach to al-Qaida supporters with a number of video…

The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic, when a visitor arrived with a tempting offer: a chance to treat Islamic fighters battling Soviet forces in Afghanistan. With that offer in 1980,…

NEW YORK: Members of the dreaded terror group Haqqani network tried to conceal that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri who was killed in a US drone strike was at a safe house in Kabul and restricted access to the site, a media report said on…

DUBAI: Ayman al-Zawahiri succeeded Osama bin Laden as al-Qaida leader after years as its main organiser and strategist, but his lack of charisma and competition from rival militants Islamic State hobbled his ability to inspire sizeable…