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Meet Noor Wali Mehsud, the man at the center of the Pakistan–Afghanistan ‘Dama Dam Mast Qalandar’ warPakistan has declared "open war" with Afghanistan following airstrikes that killed over 130 Taliban fighters, retaliating for alleged cross...
Former Al-Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, once arrested by the US, to visit New York weeks after 9/11 as Syrian Interim PresidentAhmed al-Sharaa, Syrian Interim President, will visit New York for the UN General Assembly. The Middle East Institute will host him. He wil...
Syria's Abu Mohammed al-Jolani: From jihadist to pragmatistAbu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an extremist group with roots in al-Qaeda, is spearheading an offensive to ov...
Israel, Gaza fighters trade fire after deadly West Bank raidIt was the deadliest single raid in the territory in over two decades. The flare-up in violence poses an early test for Israeli Prime Minis...
Palestinians: Israeli troops kill 10 in West Bank violenceThe Israeli military said both were intercepted by its Iron Dome missile defense system. It was the first such attack from the militant Ham...
What is driving the current Israel-Gaza violenceIsrael has carried out several deadly airstrikes, among them the targeted killing of a senior commander from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad,...
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid says he lived in Kabul right under nose of his adversariesMujahid, who operated in the shadows for years, also admitted that he studied at the Haqqania seminary in Nowshera in northwest Pakistan, w...
Muslims mark Eid al-Adha holiday in pandemic's shadowThis year, the holiday comes as many countries battle the delta variant first identified in India, prompting some to impose new restriction...
Deaths rise as Palestinians flee heavy Israeli fire in GazaAcross the West Bank, Palestinians held their most widespread protests since 2017, with hundreds in at least nine towns burning tires and t...
Uttar Pradesh cracks down on interfaith marriages, sparks fear of further polarisationUnder the ordinance, if a person wants to convert voluntarily, they will have to inform the district magistrate two months in advance. The ...
UP's unlawful conversion law: Right wing organisations force cases on intercaste marriages through parents/relativesTake the case of a 24-year old Hindu girl who has a live-in relationship with a Muslim boy for four months and has denied that there was an...
View: Interfaith marriages must be celebrated, not criminalisedLove jihad sounds gender neutral, but in reality it’s a pernicious anti-woman term aimed at denying agency and individual freedom to women.
New terror outfit emerges in Kashmir valley, targets telecom towersIntelligence agencies say Lashkar-e-Islam is a front for Hizbul Mujahideen and has been operational in Sopore and adjoining districts for s...
Barbarians of the faith: They are at the gates of both Peshawar and ParisThis war is a confrontation between the lethal adrenalin of faith supremacy and belief that faith equality is the basis of civilised social...
Muslims need new world order to prevent Jihadi movement: M J AkbarA large number of community leaders, politicians and diplomats from South Asian countries, including Pakistan, were among those who attende...
Al-Qaida still a clear and present dangerThe US, at the vanguard of the fight against this deadly mutating virus, has bled more than $3 trillion over 10 years trying to tame it.
Al-Qaida still a clear and present dangerThe US, at the vanguard of the fight against this deadly mutating virus, has bled more than $3 trillion over 10 years trying to tame it.
Osama dead: Likely successor Zawahiri not in the same class as OsamaZawahiri's jihadi credentials are not in doubt. He is a tough ideologue but lacks the mythic quality that made Osama an icon for his follow...
- Osama bin Laden dead: Qaida's model of 'stateless terror' unlikely to vanish
Though lacking Osama’s austere charisma, Zawahiri is an ideologue and a flinty, deeply committed warrior.
- Mumbai on high alert after LeT men sneak in
Mumbai police issued a terror alert for the city on Thursday and released a picture of one of the four suspected LeT terrorists who are sus...