Terrorism

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  Terrorism

  2017-11-21

  American woman held hostage by Haqqani Network details rape, beatings

  The Taliban-linked militants were 'very violent' and would beat her, her husband and her now four-year-old son, she said.

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  Terrorism

  2017-11-17

  ISIS left clinging to scraps in Iraq and Syria

  The group has lost 95% of the cross-border 'caliphate' it declared in Iraq and Syria in 2014.

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  Terrorism

  2017-11-15

  Militants have 'no mercy' for women and children in Pakistan, Afghanistan

  The Taliban on both sides of the border have a history of raping women and killing children, observers say.

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  Terrorism

  2017-11-02

  Newly released bin Laden documents shed light on al-Qaeda-Iran relations

  Senior al-Qaeda leaders' apparent ability to function under Iranian protection supports claims that Tehran and bin Laden had a working relationship.

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  Terrorism

  2017-10-31

  As defeat looms, ISIS calls on women to fight

  The group has appealed to women to fight in Syria and Iraq in a last ditch effort that signals its imminent collapse, observers say.

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  Terrorism

  2017-10-26

  Russia expands support for Taliban as violence escalates across Afghanistan

  The Taliban have been using advanced weapons available only to the Russian military, according to a security source in western Afghanistan.

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  Terrorism

  2017-10-16

  Freed Canadian hostage says Haqqani Network killed his baby, raped wife

  The Taliban have denied the allegations.

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  Terrorism

  2017-10-10

  Assassination attempt against Taliban leader highlights infighting, divide

  Mullah Manan Niazi, deputy leader of a splinter Taliban group under Mullah Rasool, said individuals loyal to Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada sent three suicide bombers to assassinate him.

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  Terrorism

  2017-10-05

  Suicide bomber strikes Sufi shrine in Balochistan during annual celebration

  Among the more than dozen dead, two policemen sacrificed their lives when they stopped the bomber from penetrating the inside of the shrine.

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  Terrorism

  2017-09-29

  Citizens condemn militant efforts to create chaos on Pak-Afghan border

  Militants are staunchly opposed to the brotherly relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, so they leave no stone unturned to undercut their relations, observers say.