Shamsea Alizada’s story of persistence is a reminder of advances in girls’ education in Afghanistan — and their vulnerability as the government negotiates with the Taliban.
Tag: Terrorism
Paris Knife Attack: 2 Wounded Near Charlie Hebdo’s Former Office
French authorities labeled the attack as “Islamist terrorism” because of its location and timing — as a trial is underway over the massacre at the satirical newspaper in 2015.
Her Tutoring Center Was Bombed. She Still Topped Afghanistan’s National University Exam.
Shamsea Alizada’s story of persistence is a reminder of the fragility of girls’ education in Afghanistan as the government negotiates with the Taliban.
British Give U.S. Evidence Against ISIS ‘Beatles,’ Clearing Way for Trial
The men were half of a cell of Britons who held Westerners hostage in Syria, some of whom were beheaded for propaganda videos.
U.S. Military Seeks Authority to Expand Counterterrorism Drone War to Kenya
Draft rules for potential airstrikes, drawn up after a Shabab attack at a base in January, are said to be limited and would require Kenyan assent.
For Survivors at Charlie Hebdo Trial, Wounds Are Still Raw
Victims of the 2015 attack on the satirical weekly took the stand this week with vivid accounts of how their colleagues were killed — and how their own lives were suddenly overturned.
Afghan Vice President, Staunch Opponent of Taliban, Survives Blast
At least 10 bystanders were killed in the attack in Kabul, the second in just over a year aimed at the senior vice president, Amrullah Saleh.
Truck Bomb in Somalia Kills 3 and Wounds 3, Including a U.S. Soldier
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Shabab have carried out similar attacks across the Horn of Africa nation.
Charlie Hebdo Trial Opens in Paris
With the main perpetrators dead, the court will focus on those accused of aiding the assaults on the Charlie Hebdo offices and a kosher supermarket that killed 17.
Charlie Hebdo Republishes Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad That Prompted 2015 Attack
The decision by the French satirical magazine to recirculate cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad and Islam coincides with the start of a long-awaited trial for the attack that killed 11 of its staff.