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Al Qaeda Chief Killed In US Airstrike, Biden Says "Justice Delivered"
Al Qaeda Chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, was killed in a drone strike carried out by the US in the Afghan capital Kabul.
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US, Taliban Say Drone Strike Targets Car Bomb Headed For Kabul Airport
US said it destroyed an explosive-laden vehicle with an air strike in Kabul on Sunday, hours after President Joe Biden warned of another terror attack in the capital as a massive airlift of tens of thousands of Afghans entered its last days.
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Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis Highlights: US Drone Strike Targets ISIS "Planner" In Afghanistan: Pentagon
US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after at least one Islamic State suicide bomber killed 170 people including 13 US soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport.
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Pakistani Taliban Chief Mullah Fazlullah Killed In US Drone Strike
A U.S. drone strike killed the head of the Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan's eastern Konar province, Afghan officials said Friday, eliminating a notorious insurgent commander who had ordered attacks on schoolchildren in Pakistan, including future Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
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Drone Strike In Pakistan Kills Haqqani Commander
A mid-level Afghan commander of the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani Network was killed Wednesday in a drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, officials said, days after Afghan authorities blamed the group for attacking a luxury Kabul hotel.
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Afghan Taliban Use Drone To Film Suicide Attack
The Afghan Taliban have released aerial footage of a suicide car bombing in southern Helmand province, marking the first time the media-savvy militant group has used a drone to record an attack.
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Afghan Taliban Dismiss Reports Of Slowdown Since Change Of Leader
The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they were launching new operations after the end of the holy month of Ramadan, dismissing reports that they had been weakened following a change of leadership in May.
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Pakistan Says Mullah Mansour's Body Handed Over To His Afghan Relatives
The body of Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan this month, had been handed over to his relatives in Afghanistan after fulfilling all legal requirements.
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DNA Test Confirms Taliban Chief Mansour's Death In Drone Attack: Pakistan
A DNA test has confirmed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour's death in a US drone strike in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan on May 21, the government has said.
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Afghan Taliban Sources Confirm Death Of Mullah Akhtar Mansour In US Attack
Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan, sources in the terror group's network told news agency AFP on Sunday, adding that an insurgent assembly was underway to decide on his successor.
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Drone Strikes Target Islamic State Fighters in Eastern Afghanistan
Two drone strikes targeted militants loyal to Islamic State in Afghanistan on today, killing between 25 and 49 insurgents, according to differing estimates by Afghan and foreign officials.
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US Drone Strike Kills 4 Militants in Pakistan: Officials
A US drone strike killed at least four militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border on Saturday, Pakistani security officials said.
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Suspected Senior Islamic State Militant "Killed in Drone Attack"
A missile-firing drone killed six people in Afghanistan today including a veteran militant believed to have defected to Islamic State (IS) from the Taliban, Afghan officials said.
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Afghan Official Says Insurgents Kill 6 Soldiers
An Afghan army officer says that six soldiers have been killed in the north-western province of Badghis after insurgents launched several attacks on guard posts.
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US Drone Strike Kills Four in Northwest Pakistan: Officials
A US drone attack has killed at least four militants in a restive northwestern Pakistani tribal area on the Afghan border, officials said on Thursday, taking the toll from a flurry of strikes this week to 25.
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Al Qaeda Chief Killed In US Airstrike, Biden Says "Justice Delivered"
Al Qaeda Chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, was killed in a drone strike carried out by the US in the Afghan capital Kabul.
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US, Taliban Say Drone Strike Targets Car Bomb Headed For Kabul Airport
US said it destroyed an explosive-laden vehicle with an air strike in Kabul on Sunday, hours after President Joe Biden warned of another terror attack in the capital as a massive airlift of tens of thousands of Afghans entered its last days.
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Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis Highlights: US Drone Strike Targets ISIS "Planner" In Afghanistan: Pentagon
US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after at least one Islamic State suicide bomber killed 170 people including 13 US soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport.
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Pakistani Taliban Chief Mullah Fazlullah Killed In US Drone Strike
A U.S. drone strike killed the head of the Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan's eastern Konar province, Afghan officials said Friday, eliminating a notorious insurgent commander who had ordered attacks on schoolchildren in Pakistan, including future Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
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Drone Strike In Pakistan Kills Haqqani Commander
A mid-level Afghan commander of the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani Network was killed Wednesday in a drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, officials said, days after Afghan authorities blamed the group for attacking a luxury Kabul hotel.
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Afghan Taliban Use Drone To Film Suicide Attack
The Afghan Taliban have released aerial footage of a suicide car bombing in southern Helmand province, marking the first time the media-savvy militant group has used a drone to record an attack.
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Afghan Taliban Dismiss Reports Of Slowdown Since Change Of Leader
The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they were launching new operations after the end of the holy month of Ramadan, dismissing reports that they had been weakened following a change of leadership in May.
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Pakistan Says Mullah Mansour's Body Handed Over To His Afghan Relatives
The body of Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan this month, had been handed over to his relatives in Afghanistan after fulfilling all legal requirements.
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DNA Test Confirms Taliban Chief Mansour's Death In Drone Attack: Pakistan
A DNA test has confirmed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour's death in a US drone strike in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan on May 21, the government has said.
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Afghan Taliban Sources Confirm Death Of Mullah Akhtar Mansour In US Attack
Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan, sources in the terror group's network told news agency AFP on Sunday, adding that an insurgent assembly was underway to decide on his successor.
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Drone Strikes Target Islamic State Fighters in Eastern Afghanistan
Two drone strikes targeted militants loyal to Islamic State in Afghanistan on today, killing between 25 and 49 insurgents, according to differing estimates by Afghan and foreign officials.
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US Drone Strike Kills 4 Militants in Pakistan: Officials
A US drone strike killed at least four militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border on Saturday, Pakistani security officials said.
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Suspected Senior Islamic State Militant "Killed in Drone Attack"
A missile-firing drone killed six people in Afghanistan today including a veteran militant believed to have defected to Islamic State (IS) from the Taliban, Afghan officials said.
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Afghan Official Says Insurgents Kill 6 Soldiers
An Afghan army officer says that six soldiers have been killed in the north-western province of Badghis after insurgents launched several attacks on guard posts.
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US Drone Strike Kills Four in Northwest Pakistan: Officials
A US drone attack has killed at least four militants in a restive northwestern Pakistani tribal area on the Afghan border, officials said on Thursday, taking the toll from a flurry of strikes this week to 25.
