Tag: Qaeda
‘Taliban ready to cut ties with al Qaeda’
The Taliban leadership is ready to negotiate peace with the United States right now if Washington indicates its willingness to provide a timetable for...
Al Qaeda animation targets children
Al Qaeda supporters say they are making an animated children's film aimed at inspiring them to take up armed struggle with the militant group....
Yemen Qaeda chief, 10 soldiers killed in fighting
A Yemeni Al-Qaeda leader and 10 soldiers have been killed in a south Yemen battle, a military source and medics said on Thursday, as...
Qaeda threatens govt officials
Al Qaeda has hurled life threats at all officials working on important positions, including Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, and precautionary measures have been taken...
‘Qaeda’ men killed in Yemen
Three suspected al Qaeda members were killed in overnight air strikes in the Al-Wadih area of the south Yemen province of Abyan, a security...
Turkey detains 14 people in Qaeda raids
Turkish police have detained 14 people in raids targeting the al Qaeda militant group across western Turkey after the discovery of explosives and weapons,...
Five Yemeni soldiers killed in clashes with Qaeda suspects
Five Yemeni soldiers were killed in fresh fighting Thursday with alleged Al-Qaeda militants in the restive southern city of Zinjibar, a military official told...
‘Osama wanted to rename al Qaeda to gain popularity’
Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden wanted to change the organisation’s name as it was experiencing a marketing problem because of the lack of...
Weakened Qaeda may speed US withdrawal: NYT
Drone strikes and covert operations have weakened Afghanistan's al Qaeda network and could justify a White House decision to withdraw troops quicker than planned,...
UN splits al Qaeda and Taliban on sanctions list
The UN Security Council on Friday split the international sanctions regime for the Taliban and al Qaeda in a bid to encourage the Taliban...
Zawahiri — the al Qaeda brains
Ayman al-Zawahiri, named Thursday as the new leader of al Qaeda, is an Egyptian surgeon considered the brains behind the global terror franchise but...
Zawahiri named new Qaeda chief
Al-Qaeda on Thursday named its second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri to succeed its slain chief Osama bin Laden and vowed to relentlessly pursue its...
7 killed in Qaeda-style Iraq raid on govt HQ
Gunmen blasted their way into government offices in central Iraq on Tuesday with two car bombs and suicide blasts that killed seven people and...
Pakistan on hit list of al Qaeda after Osama’s killing: Malik
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Monday that Pakistan was on the hit list of al Qaeda after the killing of Osama Bin Laden....
Interpol says Qaeda remains biggest global threat
Al Qaeda and groups linked to it remain the world’s biggest security threat despite the killing of Osama bin Laden, the head of Interpol...
Battles rage in al Qaeda-held Yemen town, 45 dead
At least 45 people were killed in an al Qaeda-held town in the latest violence in Yemen and protesters took to the streets of...
Qaeda ambushes kill 9 soldiers in Yemen: military
Suspected Al-Qaeda militants killed nine Yemeni soldiers in two separate ambush attacks on their convoys in the southern province of Abyan, a military official...
