Al-Qaida

Afghanistan marks Soviet withdrawal anniversary as Taliban rule draws global scrutiny

The Taliban’s governance remains deeply controversial. Since returning to power in 2021, the group has imposed sweeping restrictions on women and girls and enforcing strict social rules.

An Afghan Taliban fighter sit next to an anti-aircraft gun near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, October 15, 2025.
Policemen make way for prison van afer a security raid at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party's headquarters in Islamabad on July 22, 2024.

Pakistan arrests ISKP propaganda chief Sultan Aziz Azzam, report says

Indonesian radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir enters a courtroom for the first day of an appeal hearing in Cilacap, Central Java province, January 12, 2016.

Indonesia to release suspected Bali bombings mastermind Bashir

Saudi army artillery fire shells towards Houthi positions from the Saudi border with Yemen April 13, 2015.

U.S. arms land in hands of terror groups in Yemen, incl. Iranians - report


US State Department: Terror attacks, deaths, up sharply in 2014

Fatalities due to terrorism soars by 81% whilst ISIS surges ahead of al-Qaida as leading jihadist group.

ISIS militants

Al-Qaida confirms top leader killed by US in Yemen

The group has met and appointed its former military chief as leader.

Nasser al-Wuhayshi‏

'Druse worries over Syrian brethren could be exaggerated'

Thousands in northern Israel protest after al-Qaida-linked rebels in Syria killed 20 Druse villagers last week.

JABER HAMOUD (second left), head of the Druse and Circassian Local Councils Forum, protests in Sajur Sunday.

Ya'alon warns Gaza rocket terrorists: 'Don't continue to test us'

In light of recent rocket attacks, defense minister warns that Israel will not tolerate fire on its cities and communities.

Moshe Yaalon

Leader of Syrian al-Qaida wing says aiming to take Damascus

Nusra Front leader Abu Mohamad al-Golani tells Al Jazeera that Syrian President "Assad's fall won't take a long time."

Members of al-Qaida's‏ Nusra Front [File]

Hezbollah seizes hills from al-Qaida on Syria border

Iranian-backed Hezbollah has backed Syrian President Bashar Assad in his country's civil war.

A Lebanon Hezbollah fighter carries his weapon as he stands in Khashaat, in the Qalamoun region

Bin Laden letters reveal devotion to family, killing Americans, English-language literature

US government releases newly-translated documents gathered during 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's Pakistani compound, giving the public insight into the al-Qaida leader's interests, routine.

Osama bin-Laden

Bin Laden urged end to internal al-Qaida rivalries, more attacks against US, documents show

Declassified documents also reveal an al-Qaida job application prototype and bin Laden's reading list.

Osama bin-Laden

Syrian army, Hezbollah advancing in border area against jihadists

Al-Qaida’s Nusra Front in the Qalamoun region promises to “eradicate” Islamic State “because there is no longer any other option.”

Members of al-Qaida's‏ Nusra Front [File]

Critic of religious extremism hacked to death in Bangladesh

Ananta Bijoy Das is the third blogger to be murdered for his anti-extremism views.

Computer keyboard [illustrative].