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International
9/5/2022 11:33:42 AM
A blast went off outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, killing two members of the embassy staff and at least one civilian, a Russian state news agency and a local police official said.
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World
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International
8/18/2022 11:57:48 AM
A blast which ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in the Afghan capital killed at least 21 people and wounded more than two dozen others, police said Thursday.
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World
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International
8/15/2022 4:35:00 PM
The Taliban on Monday marked a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul, a rapid takeover that triggered a hasty escape of the nation's Western-backed leaders, sent the economy into a tailspin and fundamentally transformed the country.
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World
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Region
8/13/2022 12:19:07 PM
Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, days ahead of the first anniversary of the hardline Islamists' return to power.
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World
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International
8/12/2022 1:12:53 PM
The Taliban's capture of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021 brought the hardline movement back into power in Afghanistan nearly 20 years after they were toppled by the U.S. invasion following the 9/11 attacks. The year since has been disastrous for the country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/5/2022 3:11:00 PM
The killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in Kabul has more to do with the US administration than with Al-Qaeda, senior researcher Amal Moukhtar
tells Al-Ahram Weekly.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/4/2022 10:14:54 PM
The Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) denied in an official statement Thursday claims of a familial relationship between late Grand Imam Mohamed Al-Ahmadi Al-Zawahiri with Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who was killed in US drone attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on 31 July.
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World
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International
8/2/2022 2:50:17 PM
The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safe house intensified global scrutiny Tuesday of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and further undermined their efforts to secure international recognition and desperately needed aid.
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World
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International
8/2/2022 12:57:42 PM
Many Afghans expressed shock or doubt Tuesday that Al-Qaeda's chief had been killed in Kabul by a US drone strike, saying they couldn't believe Ayman Al-Zawahiri had been hiding in their midst.
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World
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International
8/2/2022 11:36:23 AM
Despite a $25 million US bounty on his head, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri apparently felt comfortable enough with the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan to move into a home in Kabul where he would regularly appear out in the open, on his balcony.
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World
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International
8/2/2022 3:45:08 AM
President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation he hailed as delivering ``justice'' while expressing hope that it brings ``one more measure of closure'' to families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
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World
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International
8/2/2022 3:44:33 AM
Notorious Al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by two missiles fired at his Kabul home, but pictures showed no sign of an explosion, and US officials say no one else was harmed.
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World
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International
6/19/2022 12:06:08 PM
The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul that killed at least one worshipper and wounded seven others.
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World
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International
6/18/2022 12:52:51 PM
Several explosions and gunfire ripped through a Sikh temple in Afghanistan's capital Saturday killing one person and wounding seven others, a Taliban official said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
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World
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Region
5/21/2022 2:38:45 PM
Women presenters on Afghanistan's leading TV channels went on air Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group's austere brand of Islam.
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World
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International
5/18/2022 5:45:33 PM
The Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday said they are extending a cease-fire with the government until May 30, after the two sides held an initial round of talks hosted by the Afghan Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.
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World
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International
5/10/2022 11:11:33 AM
About a dozen women protested in the Afghan capital on Tuesday against the Taliban's new edict that females must fully cover their faces and bodies when in public.
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World
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International
5/7/2022 2:34:36 PM
The Taliban on Saturday imposed some of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan's women since they seized power, ordering them to cover fully in public, ideally with the traditional burqa.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/30/2022 3:07:09 PM
Al-Azhar condemned Friday terrorist attack on a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul that left dozens of worshippers dead and injured.
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World
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International
4/29/2022 6:00:00 PM
A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday, killing at least 10 people and wounding as many as 30, a Taliban spokesman said.
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