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Print Since taking office, President Obama has sent U.S. troops into action on land or in the skies of seven countries on two continents. Obama’s administration has authorized Navy SEALs to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and approved the fatal drone strike on an American cleric in Yemen. Here is a look at targeted killings under the Obama administration. Faruq Qatani | Al Qaeda How:  A precision airstrike carried out by the United States military on Oct. 23, 2016 Where: Kunar Province, Afghanistan Qatani was a top Al Qaeda leader in the eastern part of Afghanistan and one of Al Qaed...

Afghan Taliban dissident leader Mannan Niazi dies National May 19, 2021 PESHAWAR: A dissident Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Mannan Niazi has died of injuries that he had suffered in a clash in Afghanistan’s Herat province. It was reported that he had suffered grievous head and other injuries and died in the hospital in Herat. Niazi was deputy leader of the splinter group of Taliban led by Mullah Mohammad Rasool. The breakaway faction had opposed the appointment of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor as the head of the Afghan Taliban movement after the death of the founder Mullah Mohammad ...

How Biden’s Attempted Shortcut Undermines Peace in Afghanistan  The Biden administration hoped to take a shortcut to peace in Afghanistan with one more big conference. It won’t work. April 29, 2021 Afghan security police stand guard at a checkpoint in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Credit: AP Photo/Rahmat Gul Advertisement In the fall of 2001, the U.S. influenced the paths of two strongmen in the north of Afghanistan. CIA operatives and U.S. Special Forces landed in the country’s north to help General Abdul Rashid Dostum fight a Taliban com...

Online Campaign Honors Memory of Taliban Founder Mullah Omar As discussions heat up on the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, the Taliban and its supporters have started a campaign on Twitter honoring the group's founding leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. One of his speeches as well as his photos are being shown publically for the first time.    Articles and memories about him are also being shared. The Taliban says the campaign has been launched along with the arrival of the eighth anniversary of Mullah Omar's death, and to accompany a book that has been published about his life.  His...

The United States invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago, soon after the attack on Sept. 11, 2001. By 2008, then-President Barack Obama made it a point to disengage from what has become known as the Forever Wars. He failed. His successor, President Donald Trump, pledged likewise but failed all the same. President Joe Biden, too, has said the U.S. would withdraw, this time by the anniversary of the 9/11 attack. The war in Afghanistan can’t be discussed without discussing al-Qaida, the Islamist group led by Osama bin Laden, the son of an extremely wealthy Yemeni who had moved his family to Saudi Ar...