List of Terrorism articles
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A French MQ-9 Reaper drone armed with two GBU-12 bombs sits on the tarmac at a military base in Niamey, Niger. Drones Aren’t the Sahel’s Silver Bullet
The weapons may bolster the very rebel groups West African governments are trying to defeat.
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New Afghan Air Force pilots attend a class at the air force university in Kabul. Former Afghan Pilots Remain Grounded, Hunted by Taliban
Afghanistan’s top guns have no easy path to a new life.
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People attend the funeral of Muhammed Abdel Majib Ateeq, a member of Anti-Terrorism Brigade BAT of Tunisian Police, killed in an attack near El Ghriba synagogue on the Island of Djerba, Tunisia on May 11. After Synagogue Attack, Tunisia Ignores Elephant in the Room
Kais Saied’s government refuses to reckon with the country’s rampant anti-Semitism.
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A man sells stickers picturing Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada at market in Kabul. It’s Time To Recognize the Taliban
The absence of a U.S. diplomatic presence leaves Washington powerless and strengthens the extremists in Kabul.
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Afghan children read the Quran at a madrassa, an Islamic school, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. School Is in for the Taliban’s New Model Army
Extremist curriculum is teaching children how to hate, not how to think.
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Two Afghan women in blue burqas walk past the gated embassy building. The Islamic State Has a New Target: Russia
The group’s Afghanistan branch is capitalizing on the Russia-Ukraine war to recruit, fundraise, and incite violence.
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Mohammad Arsala Kharoti, the Taliban's deputy minister for refugees, speaks to the media as UNHCR protection chief Gillian Triggs watches at the airport in Kabul on April 30. The Taliban Aim to Divide and Conquer
The U.N. meets this week to decide whether to play by Taliban rules or pull out. Both are bad.
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Sudanese refugees from the Tandelti area receive aid in Koufroun, Chad, near Echbara, on April 30, 2023. Sudan’s War Might Not Stay in Sudan
A power struggle in the capital, Khartoum, could destabilize neighboring Chad and impact the entire Sahel region.
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A worker walks past machinery that crushes rocks at the Mughulkhil chromite mine in Logar province, Afghanistan. China’s Got Afghan Fever, Again
Nothing says forever like the promise of Afghanistan’s mineral riches.
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Relatives and security officials offer funeral prayers for policemen killed by a roadside bomb in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The Taliban Are Throwing Pakistan a Googly
Extremism, more than all the other crises, challenges Pakistan’s very survival.
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A Taliban security personnel stands guard as Afghan people wait to cross into Pakistan. What Happened to the Taliban’s Pledge to Fight Terrorism?
Washington withdrew from a 20-year fight against terrorism, vowing to maintain over-the-horizon capability. It’s still squinting.
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Taliban security personnel stand guard along a street in Afghanistan. The Taliban Are Back in the Hostage Business
Left in the cold, the extremists are falling back on an old trick of swapping foreigners for favors.
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Palestinian militants fire into the air during the funeral for Lions’ Den senior member Tamer al-Kilani in Nablus, West Bank, on Oct. 23, 2022. The Lions’ Den militant group has emerged in the area in recent months. The New Palestinian Resistance
Young militants are ditching old-style factionalism to fight Israel’s occupation.
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U.S. Marines walk past a toppled statue of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. The Lessons Not Learned From Iraq
Twenty years on, the war still shapes policy—mostly for the worse.
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Afghan women wait to receive food aid. The Taliban Have Turned Afghanistan Into a Graveyard of Women’s Rights
The Taliban are marking International Women’s Day with an ever-worsening cascade of abuses against women.
