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Analysis: Al Qaeda continues to operate throughout Afghanistan

As U.S. seeks peace, Taliban celebrates its jihadist training camps

As the Biden administration desperately presses the Taliban and the Afghan government to settle the 20 year old war for control of Afghanistan before the May 1 deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw, the...

Afghan security forces withdrawing from checkpoints, bases

The Afghan military abandoned a base in Bala Murghab district in Badghis province. This video of the abandoned base was published by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. The Ministry of Defense has confirmed...

America Does Not Have to Choose Defeat in Afghanistan

Since agreement with U.S., Taliban has attacked Afghan forces in 27 of 34 provinces

The Taliban has launched attacks in against Afghan security forces in 27 of the country’s 34 provinces since it signed an agreement with the U.S. that facilitates the withdrawal of American troops. Many...

The Trump Administration’s Afghanistan Policy

Taliban promotes its ‘Preparation for Jihad’

1) From Taliban’s new ‘Preparation for Jihad’ video: Taliban fighters going through obstacle course, reminiscent if al Qaeda training camp videos. Note the Taliban fighters are wearing...

Jihadists wound former Afghan intelligence chief in Kabul assault

Amrullah Saleh, the former head of the National Directorate of Security and a candidate for vice president, was wounded in an attack by jihadists in his office in Kabul today. Saleh was responsible fo...

Taliban suicide bomber kills Croatian soldier in Kabul

A Taliban suicide bomber killed one Croatian soldier and wounded two more in an attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul earlier today. The Taliban has ramped up its suicide operations over the past mont...

Taliban suicide team kills a dozen policemen in Kandahar

A Taliban suicide team killed 12 people, including seven civilians, in an attack on a police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar earlier today. The Taliban has launched five major sui...

Taliban suicide bomber strikes intelligence facility in Ghazni

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Afghan government unable to administer 64 districts

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Taliban launches string of attacks throughout Afghanistan

The Taliban has launched several major attacks throughout Afghanistan over the past two days, including an attack on the Ministry of Defense in the capital of Kabul, and another on election workers in...

Al Qaeda growing stronger under Taliban’s umbrella, UN finds

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John Walker Lindh fought for al Qaeda’s pro-Taliban force

John Walker Lindh, an American who fought on the side of the jihadists in Afghanistan both before and after 9/11, was released from prison earlier today. In late 2001, Lindh and his fellow fighters surrendered...

India strikes Jaish-e-Mohammad camp inside Pakistan

The Indian government has retaliated for the deadly Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) suicide attack that killed 40 soldiers in the state of Jammu and Kashmir nearly two weeks ago. Today, the Indian Air Force la...

Jihadist suicide bomber kills dozens of Indian troops in largest attack in Kashmir in decades

More than 40 Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have died as a result of a car bombing reportedly carried out by the Pakistan-supported Jaish-e-Mohammad in city of Pulwama, near Srin...