Officials said all the victims were ethnic Hazaras, a Shiite minority group that Sunni extremists have often targeted.
Tag: Terrorism
Targeted Killings Are Terrorizing Afghans. And No One Is Claiming Them.
Most officials believe the Taliban are behind the attacks on civil leaders, but others fear that factions are using chaos as a cover to settle scores, in an echo of Afghanistan’s past civil war.
Indonesia Disbands Islamic Defenders Front Over Charges of ‘Terrorism’
The government dissolved the Islamic Defenders Front over charges that its members committed terrorism. Its leader is already under arrest.
A German Terrorist Suspect With a Refugee Disguise: The Tale of Franco A.
A German officer is facing trial on terrorism charges. At a volatile time for Western democracy, his story mirrors the story of Germany itself.
Pakistani Court Orders Men Released in Daniel Pearl Case
A detention order had been applied to four men accused in the American journalist’s abduction and murder even after their convictions were overturned.
Lockerbie Bombing of 1988: US Unseals Charges Against New Suspect
Attorney General William P. Barr said that investigators had obtained a confession in 2012 from a bomb expert admitting his role in the terrorist attack on a jetliner over Scotland.
U.S. Unseals Charges Against New Suspect in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing
Attorney General William P. Barr said that investigators had obtained a confession in 2012 from a bomb expert admitting his role in the terrorist attack on a jetliner over Scotland.
She Called Police Over a Neo-Nazi Threat. But the Neo-Nazis Were Inside the Police.
Death threats linked to police computers and the discovery of far-right chat groups in police departments across Germany have fed concerns about far-right infiltration.
Trump Incentives for Signing Peace Accords With Israel Could Be at Risk
Diplomatic sweeteners for joining the Abraham Accords that were offered to Morocco, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates could be rejected by Congress or reversed by the incoming Biden administration.
Once a Slogan of Unity, ‘Je Suis Charlie’ Now Divides France
After the 2015 terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, “I am Charlie” became a unifying slogan of free speech. Now it fuels divisions in an increasingly polarized country.