A radicalized physician, he was seen as the intellectual spine of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization and ran it after Bin Laden was killed in 2011.
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On U.S. Foreign Policy, Biden Acts a Lot Like Trump
The Biden administration has charted the same course as the Trump administration on strategic priorities like China, the Middle East and U.S. military deployments.
Reporter Says Taliban Forced Her to Publicly Retract Accurate Articles
A veteran war reporter in Afghanistan was told she would go to jail if she didn’t tweet an apology for her reporting. She has since safely left the country.
Far From Kabul, Building a New Life, With Music and Hope
The students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music fled after the Taliban seized power. Now they are trying to remake their school, and their dreams, in Portugal.
Attack at Sikh Temple in Afghanistan Kills Several People
The assault in the capital, Kabul, was the latest in a series targeting the country’s religious minorities that have stoked fears about the Taliban’s ability to provide security.
Commander of Afghan Insurgency Pleads Guilty at Guantánamo Bay
Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi agreed that his subordinates committed war crimes in attacks in 2003 and 2004 on allied forces that invaded Afghanistan.
Military Clears Crew of Plane That Took Flight as Afghans Fell to Their Deaths
Crowds of people had surged onto the runway at the airport in Kabul during the final days of the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan.
The Corpse of a Russian Soldier, and the Cold but Human Urge to Look
Why does war’s wreckage — the downed helicopters, the destroyed tanks and the dead — draw crowds? A former Marine ponders the question as he stands before the badly burned body of a Russian fighter.
They Fled Danger for New York. When Will Their New Lives Start?
Nothing about moving to New York is easy — especially for those fleeing Ukraine and Afghanistan. But locals do what they can to help.
Your Tuesday Briefing: Europe Nears an Oil Embargo
The bloc is poised to block the vast majority of Russia’s oil imports.