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Taliban Say Bomb Kills 8 People in Kabul

A bomb hidden in a cart went off on Friday near a mosque in a minority Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital, killing at least eight people and wounding 18, a Taliban official said. Also Friday, hundreds of Afghans — apparently organized by the Taliban — rallied in several provinces,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

New this week: 'Day Shift' and 'Five Days at Memorial'

This week’s new entertainment releases include music from the union of The Roots’ Black Thought and super-producer Danger Mouse, a PBS “Frontline” investigation into women’s rights in Afghanistan a year after the U_S_ withdrawal and Jamie Foxx playing a vampire hunter in “Day Shift.”

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Bladed 'Ninja' missile used to kill al-Qaida leader is part of a scary new generation of unregulated weapons

The recent killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri by CIA drone strike was the latest US response to 9/11. Politically, it amplified existing distrust between US leaders and the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The killing also exposed compromises in the 2020 Doha peace agreement between the US and the Taliban.

The Conversation

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

Anti-U.S. protests erupt in Afghanistan

Hundreds of Afghans carried anti-American banners on Friday to protest against a U.S. drone strike that Washington says killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri this month.

Reuters

"I feel like our lives are paused": Afghan refugee split from her family and living in hotels for 11 months speaks out

Two of her brothers are currently living in a Manchester hotel, which is more than 230 miles away from her

Manchester Evening News

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We visited a Taliban leader's compound to examine his vision for Afghanistan

On the day a U.S. drone strike killed the leader of al-Qaida in Afghanistan, NPR sat down for an interview with the man in charge of the country's defense.

WEKU

Al-Qaida chief’s killing comes as group gains ground in African conflict zones

UN says terror organisation, whose affiliate recently attacked Mali’s most important military base, ‘is once again the leader of global jihad’

The Guardian - UK

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Parkland jurors view crime scene of chilling destruction, frozen in time moments after bloodbath

Tribune News Service

Taliban say they were unaware of al-Qaida leader’s presence in Kabul

Top Taliban officials didn’t know al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was hiding in Afghanistan, a spokesman said, and an investigation is underway to check the veracity of U.S. claims he was killed in an American airstrike in the capital Kabul over the weekend.

Tribune News Service

How could a secret Hellfire missile kill Ayman al-Zawahiri without leaving a scratch on his house or family?

Some experts suspect the CIA might have used the Hellfire R9X — a highly secretive missile sometimes called the "knife bomb", the "ninja bomb" or the "flying Ginsu" — to kill Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

ABC News

Undercover journalist in Afghanistan finds Taliban are abducting, imprisoning women

Filmmaker Ramita Navai has seen girls and women forced to marry Taliban members or arrested for violating the morality code. Her new PBS Frontline documentary is Afghanistan Undercover.

WEKU

Taliban claims it did not know Al-Qaeda boss was in Afghanistan as it warns US to ‘never repeat’ drone strike

Ayman al-Zawahri, the head of Al-Qaeda, was killed in a drone strike on Sunday

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Taliban say they are investigating US 'claim' of killing al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

The Taliban says it was unaware Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was living in Afghanistan's capital city.

France 24

Taliban claim 'no knowledge' of slain Al Qaeda leader Al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan

The Taliban said Thursday they are investigating what they described as “claims” that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghan capital.

The Independent UK

Taliban claim they unaware of al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan

The Taliban say they are investigating what they they described as “claims” that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghan capital

Al Jazeera

Taliban investigating US ‘claim’ of killing al-Qaeda chief

Taliban representative to UN says the Afghan government and group’s leadership is ‘not aware’ of what is being claimed.

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Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: A VERY wide load on the M53

Huge furnace structure five times higher than a double decker bus comes over from Thailand

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Claim They Unaware of Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan

The Taliban broke its silence Thursday, days after a US drone strike killing al-Qaeda’s top leader in Afghanistan’s capital, acknowledging his slaying and pledging to launch an investigation. The killing of Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safehouse Sunday has further strained relations between the Taliban and the…

Tribune News Service

Bobby Ghosh: Al-Zawahri killing gives Afghanistan an opening with US

The U.S. drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahri in Kabul on Sunday caught the Taliban leadership both red-handed and flat-footed. Their promises to prevent the country from once again becoming a terrorist haven have been exposed as lies: The al-Qaida leader was living in the Afghan capital, reportedly in a…

Reuters

Taliban says was not aware al Qaeda leader in Kabul, warns U.S.

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The Guardian - AU

‘We’re all responsible for Afghanistan’: confronting exhibition spotlights Australia’s 20-year war

An artist’s blood and the Brereton report feature in a month-long Sydney show and symposium that aims to platform victims of a war whose legacy lives on

WEKU

Biden's national security adviser doubles down on Taiwan policy after Pelosi visit

Jake Sullivan, the president's national security adviser, discusses the war in Ukraine, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan and the U.S. drone strike that took out al-Qaida's leader.

ABC News

Al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in an upscale Kabul neighbourhood. Now other terror leaders are fleeing

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed via a drone strike on the balcony of his four-storey safehouse. Now terrorist leaders are fleeing Kabul while the world takes stock of what this means for the future of Afghanistan.

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