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[TRENDING NEWS] U.S. Waited Months to Book C.I.A. Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay

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Author: BY CAROL ROSENBERG - Publish Date: December 16, 2021 at 01:59AM Defense lawyers said the delay cast into doubt whether samples taken from the captives could be considered valid evidence.

[TRENDING NEWS] Militants Kill 2 Policemen in Kashmir as Violence Escalates

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Author: BY SAMEER YASIR - Publish Date: December 14, 2021 at 02:51AM The clash on Monday came three days after a similar attack on a squad of police officers patrolling streets in northern Kashmir left two of its men dead.

[TRENDING NEWS] Pentagon Chief Expected to Discuss 2019 Airstrike That Killed Dozens

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Author: BY ERIC SCHMITT AND DAVE PHILIPPS - Publish Date: November 17, 2021 at 11:54PM A Times investigation found that the bombing in Syria was carried out by a shadowy Special Operations unit.

[TRENDING NEWS] Witnesses to the End

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Author: BY HELENE COOPER AND ERIC SCHMITT - Publish Date: November 8, 2021 at 01:13AM The young Marines in Kabul were left to determine who was evacuated from Afghanistan and who was left behind. The cost was high.

[TRENDING NEWS] U.S. Military Jury Condemns Terrorist’s Torture and Urges Clemency

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Author: BY CAROL ROSENBERG - Publish Date: November 1, 2021 at 03:43AM Seven senior officers rebuked the government’s treatment of an admitted terrorist in a handwritten letter from the jury room at Guantánamo Bay.

[TRENDING NEWS] German Woman Convicted of a Crime Against Humanity in Death of Yazidi Child

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Author: BY MELISSA EDDY - Publish Date: October 25, 2021 at 11:42PM The woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a court found that she joined the Islamic State and enslaved a Yazidi mother and child, whom she left to die in the summer heat of Iraq in 2015.

[TRENDING NEWS] Taliban Honor Suicide Bombers’ ‘Sacrifices’ in Bid to Rewrite History

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Author: BY THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF, SHARIF HASSAN AND RUHULLAH KHAPALWAK - Publish Date: October 24, 2021 at 01:11AM The new government brought together the bombers’ families at a publicized event, praising their actions but alienating those who have suffered at their hands.

[TRENDING NEWS] Town Rattled by Bow-and-Arrow Killings Ponders Terrorism and Mental Illness

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Author: BY CORA ENGELBRECHT AND HENRIK PRYSER LIBELL - Publish Date: October 18, 2021 at 03:39AM The police in Norway, initially pointing to Islamic extremism, now say an attacker was “not well, mentally.”

[TRENDING NEWS] How 3 Strangers a World Away Came to the Rescue of a Badly Burned Afghan Girl

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Author: BY HELENE COOPER - Publish Date: October 16, 2021 at 11:40PM The story of 8-year-old Asma, injured by a U.S. tear-gas canister, echoes the heartbreak and heroism of the 20-year American misadventure in Afghanistan.

[TRENDING NEWS] U.S. Antigovernment Groups Are Influencing the French Far Right

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Author: BY JULIAN E. BARNES - Publish Date: October 14, 2021 at 01:44AM The top French intelligence official, who is visiting Washington this week, said QAnon and other conspiracy theories were spreading to Europe.

[TRENDING NEWS] Canadian Admits Fabricating Terrorism Tale Detailed in New York Times Podcast

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Author: BY IAN AUSTEN - Publish Date: October 10, 2021 at 04:33AM In exchange for the admission of the man, Shehroze Chaudhry, Canada dropped criminal charges against him.

[TRENDING NEWS] Canadian Admits Fabricating Terrorism Tale Detailed in New York Times Podcast

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Author: BY IAN AUSTEN - Publish Date: October 10, 2021 at 04:33AM In exchange for the admission of the man, Shehroze Chaudhry, Canada dropped criminal charges against him.

[TRENDING NEWS] McKenzie suggests the U.S. may not be able to prevent Al Qaeda and ISIS from rebuilding in Afghanistan.

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Author: BY ERIC SCHMITT - Publish Date: September 29, 2021 at 12:46AM Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the head of the military’s Central Command, was somewhat more pessimistic than other top Pentagon officials testifying before a Senate panel.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘Unity Is Imperative in America,’ Harris Says at 9/11 Ceremony

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Author: BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE NEW YORK TIMES - Publish Date: September 12, 2021 at 01:01AM Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the importance of unity in America during a memorial service near Shanksville, Pa., for the victims of Flight 93 who were killed 20 years ago.

[TRENDING NEWS] Abimael Guzmán, Leader of Guerrilla Group That Terrorized Peru, Dies at 86

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Author: BY STEPHEN KINZER - Publish Date: September 11, 2021 at 10:55PM Mr. Guzmán’s Maoist movement, Shining Path, killed tens of thousands in the 1980s and ’90s. He sought to bring the world to a “higher stage of Marxism.”

[TRENDING NEWS] 9/11 Reflections: ‘The Tears Still Come’

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: September 11, 2021 at 01:09AM We asked readers to offer their perspectives as we mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks. Here is a sampling from the hundreds of responses.

[TRENDING NEWS] From Afghanistan to the World Cup, Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Steps Up

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Author: BY BEN HUBBARD - Publish Date: September 8, 2021 at 01:27AM The Gulf state played a major role in the American airlift, the latest evidence of the small but gas-rich country punching above its weight on the world stage.

[TRENDING NEWS] 9/11 Reflections: We’d Like to Hear From You

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: September 7, 2021 at 11:57PM We ask readers how the attack affected them.

[TRENDING NEWS] Military Analysis Raises Questions About Deadly Drone Strike in Kabul

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Author: BY ERIC SCHMITT - Publish Date: September 6, 2021 at 02:16AM A preliminary analysis said that it was “possible to probable” that explosives were in the car and that drone operators took only a cursory scan of the courtyard before launching an attack.

[TRENDING NEWS] Shifting to Governing, Taliban Will Name Supreme Afghan Leader

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Author: BY DAVID ZUCCHINO - Publish Date: September 2, 2021 at 02:01AM Facing immense challenges in a devastated country, and a hard transition from war to administration, the Islamist movement is preparing to name a new, theocratic government.