List of Terrorism articles
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A militia member rests in Afghanistan. With Militias in Herat, ‘We Are Caught Between Bad and Worse’
Killings by militiamen in Herat underscore the risks of relying on armed civilians to fight off the Taliban.
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Storay Karimi gives directions. Taliban Rampage Puts Afghan Journalists in Crosshairs
The last 20 years saw a renaissance in the Afghan media landscape. Now, it’s crumbling.
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Ismail Khan, the leader of Herat's militia, gives orders to his forces during a clash with the Taliban inside Herat city, Afghanistan, on Aug. 2. ‘The Taliban Have Not and Will Not Ever Change’
Ismail Khan, fabled warlord and former governor, is back again on the front lines to fend off the Taliban advance.
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A woman waits to see a doctor in Afghanistan. A Taliban Victory Would Be ‘The Return of a Dark Age for Afghanistan’
Shukria Barakzai, a prominent women’s rights advocate and former politician, shares her thoughts on the U.S. withdrawal and Afghanistan’s uncertain future.
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U.N. Security Council members How a Dream Job Became a Bureaucratic Nightmare for a Top U.N. Lawyer
Chief advocate for alleged terrorists sanctioned by the United Nations announces his resignation citing red tape, rule-of-law issues.
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Family members mourn assassinated Prime Minister Rafik Hariri In Lebanon, the Wheels of Justice Do Not Grind
The Hariri tribunal hasn’t led to a single arrest. Biden should let it expire and help Lebanon in better ways.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives ahead of the inauguration of the Salma Hydroelectric Dam in Herat, Afghanistan on June 4, 2016. India Is Scrambling to Get on the Taliban’s Good Side
After decades of supporting the Afghan government, New Delhi is planning for its potential fall.
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Refugees and displaced Syrian women living in al-Hol camp, which houses relatives of Islamic State group members, queue to receive goods in northeastern Syria on March 28, 2019. Inside the Digital Lives of the Women of the Islamic State
On Telegram, pet care, gardening, and corruption scandals have replaced religious fervor.
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A mural showing a peace deal between the United States and the Taliban is depicted in Kabul. If the Taliban Wins the War, Can They Still Lose the Peace?
The United States vowed to destroy the Taliban. Today, they are stronger than ever. But will that last?
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Charkint District Governor Salima Mazari points a gun as she visits forces in Charkint district of Balkh province on June 29. With the Militias in Afghanistan
As Afghan forces melt away, local armed groups are left to hold the line against the Taliban.
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An anti-drone protest in Pakistan Why U.S. Drone Strikes Are at an All-Time Low
The shift comes as the White House seeks to downgrade the threat of global terrorism after 20 years of “forever wars.”
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Syrians walk past a mural bearing instructions on protection from COVID-19 in Qamishli in northeastern Syria on Aug. 16, 2020. America’s Syrian Allies Deserve the COVID-19 Vaccine
They vanquished the Islamic State and are now in desperate need of aid.
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A man rests against a wall of a sports stadium in Pemba, Mozambique, on May 22. The sports stadium is used as a transit camp for internally displaced persons fleeing attacks in the north of the country. The Islamic State Resurges in Mozambique
What happens there could decide the fate of terrorism—or peace—in Africa.
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Naftali Bennett visits a building that was hit by a rocket, fired from Gaza, during a campaign visit in the city of Rishon Letzion, near Tel Aviv, on Jan. 21, 2013. Israel’s Big New Shift in Hamas Policy
The Israeli government used to try buying off the group’s compliance. Now it’s intent on using reconstruction money to coerce it.
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A health care worker salutes from a window of the Mulago National Referral Hospital on the first day of the country’s vaccination rollout after it received the first batch of AstraZeneca doses in Kampala, Uganda, on March 10. Lack of Vaccines Fuels Terrorism in Africa
To avoid more instability, it is time for all wealthy nations to start sharing.