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In this file photo taken on September 11, 2001, smoke billows after the first of the two towers of the World Trade Center collapses. Picture: Henny Ray Abrams / AFP

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'America was very far away': How Afghans remember 9/11

By AFP

Abdul Samad, a librarian in Kandahar, remembers seeing crowds gather around a newspaper stand, the pages covered with images of the twin towers attack.

  • In this file photo taken on 11 September 2001, a man stands in the rubble after the collapse of the first World Trade Center Tower in New York. Picture: AFP.

    On 9/11, the deadliest attacks in US history

    The Islamist extremists, al-Qaeda, smashed two jetliners into New York's World Trade Center, killing 2,753 people.

    335 days ago
  • FILE: Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (right), known as Farmajo, speaks during a closing ceremony after reaching an agreement with state leaders over the terms of a new election, at the National Consultative Council on Elections in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 27 May 2021. Picture: Abdirahman Yusuf/AFP

    Jihadists issue threat as Somalia elections loom

    Somalia has not held a direct one-person, one-vote election since 1969, the year dictator Siad Barre led a coup and went on to rule for two decades.

    387 days ago
  • FILE: Atul Gupta. Picture: Supplied.

    Gupta money laundering network paid firms linked to terror groups, Zondo hears

    Researcher for forensics firm Shadow World Investigations, Paul Holden, said that the Gupta money laundering network used companies closely related to the ones used by the al-Khanani network, whose operations were linked to al-Qaeda, along with human and drug trafficking.

    414 days ago
  • Picture: AFP.

    Clashes break out in Somalia, slowing fight against al-Qaeda-linked insurgents

    Clashes began in Dhusamareb, the administrative capital of central Somalia’s Galmudug state, and spread to Guriel town, 60 km away, on Friday, residents said.

    895 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump listens during a meeting about the Governors Initiative on Regulatory Innovation in the Cabinet Room of the White House on 16 December 2019 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    Trump confirms killing of AQAP chief in Yemen

    The US "conducted a counterterrorism operation in Yemen that successfully eliminated Qassim al-Rimi, a founder and the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)," Trump said in a White House statement.

    916 days ago
  • FILE: Soldiers gather at a pickup truck following a suicide bomb attack in Mali. Picture: AFP.

    20 soldiers killed in Mali attack, government says

    The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear. In a statement, the government said 'terrorists' entered the camp near the village of Sokolo, killed the soldiers and caused 'significant material damage'.

    927 days ago
  • Picture: AFP

    Four dead in Shabaab car bombing near Somali capital

    The attack was claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, which has stepped up its activities in Somalia and neighbouring Kenya in recent weeks.

    936 days ago
  • FILE: The government did not immediately comment on the killings. Picture: AFP

    16 killed in Burkina Faso in suspected jihadist attack

    The gunmen came to Pobe-Mengao, about 200km north of the capital Ouagadougou, threatening to take way children and telling villagers to help them buy weapons, a security source told Reuters.

    1017 days ago
  • FILE: Peacekeepers from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) patrol Menaka in Mali. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Al-Qaeda affiliate claims deadly attack on Malian army

    Thirty-eight soldiers were killed during attacks in some of the worst violence seen against the army this year.

    1037 days ago
  • An undated file video grab released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on 1 November 2017 and taken by researchers from the Federation for Defence of Democracies' Long War Journal, shows an image from the wedding of killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's son Hamza. Picture: AFP

    Trump confirms death of al-Qaeda heir Hamza bin Laden

    US media reported in late July and early August, citing intelligence officials, that the younger Bin Laden had been killed sometime in the last two years in an operation that involved the United States.

    1062 days ago
  • A US military helicopter is seen flying towards the Green Zone in Kabul on 3 August 2019, as new talks between the US and the Taliban continue. Washington is hoping for a breakthrough as talks between the US and the Taliban resumed in Doha on 3 August in a bid to end 18 years of war in Afghanistan. Picture: AFP

    US eyes breakthrough in push for peace with Taliban

    The US, which invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban in 2001, wants to withdraw thousands of troops and draw down its longest ever war.

    1104 days ago
  • FILE: A member of Somalia's security services patrols the scene of a suicide car bomb blast in Mogadishu. Picture: AFP

    Four killed in Mogadishu car bomb

    The explosion occurred along the busy Maka Al-Mukarama road despite a recent increase in police checkpoints in the capital following a hike in bomb attacks.

    1212 days ago
  • FILE: A Somali soldier runs for cover at the scene of two explosions set off near the ministries of public works and labour in Mogadishu on 23 March 2019. Picture: AFP

    Heavy bomb blast in Somali capital, several casualties - security officer

    The attack took place on the busy Maka Al-Mukarama road, once of the main highways through the seaside capital, an area busy with businesses and travellers.

    1232 days ago
  • Picture: United Nations Photo.

    French troops kill senior Islamist militant in Mali - govt

    In an operation involving air and ground assets, French troops killed several militants, including Yahia Abou Hamman.

    1266 days ago
  • A member of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate, watches as a convoy of buses gets ready to enter the towns of al-Foua and Kefraya to evacuate their residents on 18 July 2018. Picture: AFP.

    France says kills top al-Qaeda commander in Sahel

    The Algerian, a commander in al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), was reputedly responsible for kidnapping a number of Westerners in North & West Africa.

    1266 days ago
  • Kirk Woodman was abducted after nightfall on Tuesday by a dozen gunmen on a mining site owned by Vancouver-based Progress Minerals. Picture: linkedin.com

    Canadian found dead in Burkina Faso after kidnapping - official

    The man was abducted after nightfall on Tuesday by a dozen gunmen on a mining site owned by Vancouver-based Progress Minerals in the northeast near the border with Niger, an area that the government says is under growing threat from armed jihadists.

    1302 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 14 August 2018 a Syrian fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade as he attends a mock battle in anticipation of an attack by the regime on Idlib province and the surrounding countryside, during a graduation of new Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) members at a camp in the countryside of the northern Idlib province. Picture: AFP

    Ceasefire deal sees jihadists take over Syria's Idlib

    Hayat Tahrir al-Sham signed a ceasefire with what was left of a rival alliance that sees it confirm its supremacy and unites the region under a jihadist-led administration.

    1309 days ago
  • FILE: Passengers wait at the North Terminal at London Gatwick Airport, south of London, on 20 December 2018 after all flights were grounded due to drones flying over the airfield. Picture: AFP.

    Al-Qaeda plotting terror attacks in Europe - UK security minister

    Ben Wallace revealed that the United Kingdom is spending R500 million researching defence methods to such attacks.

    1326 days ago
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