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One year into Taliban control, Afghans face poverty and repression. Australia cannot turn a blind eye

One year after the fall of Kabul, life is difficult and precarious for almost everyone in Afghanistan. More than half of the 40 million people of this troubled country are facing severe malnutrition and grinding poverty, and 90% struggle with food insecurity. In a land of widows and orphans, disaster…

The Conversation

Taliban’s rule batters Afghanistan year after US departure

A year after the Taliban swept across Afghanistan, sparking a chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces, the country’s dire economic and human rights outlook has only worsened.

Tribune News Service

A year after the fall of Kabul, Taliban's false commitments on terrorism have been fully exposed

When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, there were faint hopes that this time would be different.

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Top Taliban cleric killed in suicide bombing by man with explosives hidden in fake leg

A Taliban official was killed by explosives hidden in an artificial leg. Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was a supporter of female education and was likely targeted by an Islamic State suicide bomber

Daily Mirror

Islamic State: Aine Davis charged with terror offences after arrest in UK

Man accused of being fourth member of cell known as ‘the Beatles’ appears in London court after being deported from Turkey

The Guardian - UK

Islamic State 'Beatle' appears in London court charged with terrorism offences

A 38-year-old man who is accused of being a member of an Islamic State cell dubbed The Beatles and who was deported from Turkey this week appeared in a London court on Thursday after police charged him with terrorism offences.

Reuters

Islamic State: Aine Davis arrested in UK on terrorism charges

Davis was held at Luton airport following his release from prison in Ankara after seven-and-a-half-years

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Convicted terrorist back behind bars after ‘hiding finance accounts and car use’

Kristen Brekke, 26, was jailed for helping a teenage jihadi join so-called Islamic State fighters in Syria in 2014.

The Independent UK

Militants kill 17 soldiers in Mali attack

Militants killed 17 Malian soldiers and four civilians in an attack near the town of Tessit on Sunday, the Malian army said.

Reuters

Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda head who spread terror and violence around the world

Al-Zawahiri pioneered a brand of terrorism that prized spectacular attacks and later took up leadership after the death of Osama Bin Laden

The Independent UK

Taliban say bomb kills 8 people in Shiite area of Kabul

The Taliban say at least eight people have been killed after a bomb hidden in a cart went off near a mosque in a minority Shiite neighborhood in the Afghan capital

The Independent UK

Islamic State claims responsibility for blast in Afghanistan's capital

The Islamic State militant group claimed on Friday responsibility for a blast in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the group said on its telegram channel.

Reuters

Feared Taliban family dubbed 'The Sopranos of Terror' killed by US 'ninja' missile

Members of the Taliban mafia have been killed alongside the Al-Qaeda boss in Afghanistan. Sources told the Mirror that Ayman al-Zawahiri was not the only person to die in the missile strike

Daily Mirror

How 3 presidents announced the deaths of terrorist leaders and what it says about them

The way Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden announced the deaths of terrorist chiefs revealed much about their own leadership.

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The Independent UK

Iran holds mass funeral for Guard officers killed in Syria

Mourners have poured out in large numbers onto the streets of Tehran to pay their respects to several Iranian officers killed in Syria, a testament to the human cost of Iran’s involvement in the civil war and a public display of nationalist fervor as nuclear talks resume in Vienna

Daily Mirror

Mass graves still being discovered eight years on from horrific ISIS genocide

Eight years to the day on Wednesday since blood-thirsty militants rounded up their relatives, Yazidis are desperate for identification to happen so they can finally mourn for the missing in Iraq

The Hindu

India evacuates 30 Afghan Sikhs from Kabul

The evacuees were taken to Gurdwara Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji in New Delhi

Reuters

Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say

The U.S. Hellfire missiles that killed Ayman al-Zawahiri dealt al Qaeda a powerful symbolic blow, but its far-flung branches are tactically independent and will not be deterred from plotting more attacks on local and Western targets, experts say

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Reuters

Former Iraqi activists dismayed as powerful groups use protest tactics

Iraqi activists who demonstrated three years ago against powerful parties and militias that run the country have watched with resentment as those same groups now use street protests to exert political pressure on each other, with impunity.

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Opinion: What Ayman al-Zawahiri's death means for al-Qaida's future

Zawahiri's death places al-Qaida in a precarious position, argues Colin P. Clarke of the Soufan Center. The question of succession will help shape al-Qaida now — and it may prove divisive.

Reuters

Zawahiri strike gives Biden counter-terrorism strategy boost, but concerns persist

The CIA drone strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri delivered a long-sought win for U.S. President Joe Biden's counter-terrorism strategy, officials and experts said on Tuesday, but also sharpened concerns about militants' presence in Afghanistan.

The Hindu

Central officials assessing impact of Zawahiri’s killing on al-Qaeda’s presence in India

18 Indians are known to have joined the terror group between 2012 and 2015: police

Reuters

Analysis-Crisis in Iraq tests its stability and Iran's sway

A power struggle in Iraq between the Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and rivals aligned with Iran is testing Tehran's ability to stave off a conflict that could damage its interests and further destabilise the oil-rich country.

The Guardian - UK

Zawahiri’s killing was a Biden play for popularity – but it may have unintended consequences

The death of the al-Qaida leader points to a potential shift, says Chatham House associate fellow Hameed Hakimi

The Conversation

Who was Ayman al-Zawahri? Where does his death leave al-Qaida and what does it say about US counterterrorism?

Ayman al-Zawahri, leader of al-Qaida and a plotter of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been killed in a drone strike in the Afghan city of Kabul, according to the U.S. government.

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