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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

Blast hits Afghanistan's capital Kabul - official

An explosion in a Shi'ite residential area in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Friday killed at least two people and left three wounded, police said.

Reuters

Camp Lejeune tragedy moves closer to justice - Roll Call

President Joe Biden will soon sign legislation that will give easier access to health and disability benefits to more than 3.5 million veterans who were exposed to toxic substances on overseas deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and more. It wasn’t easy to get through Congress. The Senate passed that bill after…

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Proving war crimes isn't simple – a forensics expert explains what's involved with documenting human rights violations during conflicts, from Afghanistan to Ukraine

The United Nations reports that at least 5,237 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the Ukraine war – but other estimates place this figure at more than 10,000.

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

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Abdul Rahman al-Maghrabi, Saif al-Adl Candidates to Succeed Zawahiri in Leading Al-Qaeda

Observers began speculating about al-Qaeda's third Emir after the death of Ayman Zawahiri. Currently, two names are being circulated as possible candidates for the position: the Moroccan Mohammad Abati, dubbed Abdul Rahman al-Maghrabi, and Mohammad Salaheddine Zeidan, named Saif al-Adl. Abati is the son-in-law of Zawahiri and was very close…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

A dozen years after waking up from a coma in Birmingham, Micky Yule returns to the city to win bronze in para powerlifting

Scotland's Micky Yule woke up in Birmingham 12 years ago as a double-amputee after stepping on an IED in Afghanistan but now he's returned to the city to claim a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.

ABC News

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

Royal commission hears former soldier Gavin Tunstall loved army life until he saw children dead in Afghanistan

Gavin Tunstall threw himself into army life and loved every moment — but things started to fall apart after he saw the bodies of children killed in combat in Afghanistan, the royal commission into veterans' suicide hears.

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

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

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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…

Manchester Evening News

'Our lives are paused': Afghan siblings sent to Manchester hotel forced to live 230 miles apart from family

Two are in Manchester, three in West Sussex and one in Leeds - ministers want councils to find housing

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

The Independent UK

Our lives are paused, says Afghan evacuee after 11 months in UK hotel

Marwa Koofi, 21, said she feels like the last year spent in a hotel in Selby, North Yorkshire has been ‘wasted’.

The Hindu

Harbhajan Singh raises attack on Sikhs in Afghanistan in Rajya Sabha

“There is sharp decline in Sikh population,” says the MP

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.

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