War On Terror
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Kashmir-born Aijaz Ahmad Ahanger is declared a terrorist under UAPA
Ahanger is one of the chief recruiters of the Jammu and Kashmir branch of the Islamic State, the home ministry said in a notification.
Scroll Staff
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Al-Qaida chief’s killing in Kabul reveals tensions among Taliban’s senior leadership
Did someone in the Afghan group’s hierarchy turn Ayman al-Zawahiri in to the US – and if so, who and why?
Michele Groppi, The Conversation
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How will Ayman al-Zawahri’s killing affect al-Qaida?
Any ambiguity surrounding the organisation’s succession plan could see the new leader’s authority challenged, which could fracture the movement further.
Haroro J Ingram, The Conversation, Andrew Mines, The Conversation & Daniel Milton, The Conversation
Trending
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Seven firms that failed drug quality test gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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Is shouting 'Pakistan zindabad' illegal? An SC order clarifies
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Jammu and Kashmir: Two militants declared as terrorists under UAPA
One of them was part of the conspiracy to kill journalist Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar in 2018.
Scroll Staff
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Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, released during IC-814 hijacking, designated as terrorist
He been running an incessant campaign from Pakistan to fuel terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, the government said in a notification.
Scroll Staff
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India declares Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed’s son terrorist under UAPA
Saeed’s son has been ‘actively involved in recruitment, fund collection, planning and executing attacks by LeT in India’, said the government.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Caught on camera: Container ship hits and knocks down gantry cranes while docking at a Turkey port
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Watch: Temple in Kochi gets a mechanical elephant to perform prayer rituals
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Watch: Srinagar hosts Formula 4 car show on the roads around Dal Lake
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Watch: Scenes of damage after four coaches of a Sabarmati-Agra train were derailed in Ajmer
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Adorable animals: Playful elephant calf keeps stopping cleaner from raking leaves
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US refuses to acknowledge a secret torture site in Poland despite confirmation in several reports
A prisoner of the American ‘war on terror’ is asking the US Supreme Court to allow his lawyers to depose the two men who oversaw his torture.
Raymond Bonner, ProPublica
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Pakistan is indulging in a proxy war through terrorism, claims Rajnath Singh
The defence minister claimed that Islamabad knew it could not win a war via conventional means.
Scroll Staff
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‘Pakistan is using Taliban as hedge against India,’ says incoming head of US troops in West Asia
This came just days after US President Donald Trump asked Pakistan PM Imran Khan for help to find a peaceful resolution to the 17-year-long Afghan war.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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Ghost towns and battle scars: A journey to Pakistan's terror hub of Waziristan
The Pakistan Army recently concluded anti-terror operations in what was once called one of the most dangerous places in the world.
Sanjay Kapoor
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At least 352 civilians died in coalition strikes in Iraq and Syria since 2014: US military
Independent monitoring bodies, however, arrived at much higher tallies – some as high as more than 3,000.
Scroll Staff
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At least 90 Islamic State fighters were killed in the US bomb strike, say Afghan officials
Governor of Achin district Esmail Shinwari has maintained that there were ‘no military and civilian casualties at all’.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Wrestling: IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee; elected body to take charge of national federation
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Hockey: Harmanpreet Singh to lead 27-member Indian squad for Australia tour
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IWL 2023-24: Odisha FC inch closer to title with win over East Bengal
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WPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore deliver lesson on making comebacks to win first title
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Watch, WPL 2024: Champions Royal Challengers Bangalore celebrate as they clinch first title