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US soldier patrols the Korengal Valley in eastern Afghanistan. ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - US soldier patrols the Korengal Valley in eastern Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama will meet with his war cabinet for 'possibly' the last time before deciding whether to dispatch tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Photo:Simon Lim/AFP

Map of Yemen. Al-Qaeda gunmen have seized a Japanese engineer ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of Yemen. Al-Qaeda gunmen have seized a Japanese engineer from his tribal kidnappers in Yemen, a tribal source who has been seeking to negotiate his release has said. Photo:/AFP

Philippine marines at the headquarters of the country's naval ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - Philippine marines at the headquarters of the country's naval forces in Manila. Troops have killed one of the top commanders of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, the military has said. Photo:Ted Aljibe/AFP

Pakistani army troops on patrol following a suicide bomb blast ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pakistani army troops on patrol following a suicide bomb blast in Peshawar. A suicide bomber struck a court in Peshawar Thursday killing 19 people, the sixth attack on the northwestern city in 11 days as Pakistani troops press a major anti-Taliban offensive. Photo:A Majeed/AFP

US soldiers patrol the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - US soldiers patrol the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on November 13. The United States ramped up pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to start delivering on the eve of his inauguration Thursday for another five years in power with Kabul under security lockdown. Photo:Massoud Hossaini/AFP

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves his official residence ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves his official residence in central London. Foreign forces in Afghanistan are 'disrupting and disabling' Al-Qaeda's leadership, Brown has said, in a strong defence of Britain's involvement in the conflict. Photo:Ben Stansall/AFP

British soldiers are silhouetted against the sky as they patrol ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - British soldiers are silhouetted against the sky as they patrol Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, Afghanistan. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has offered to host an international conference on Afghanistan in London, which he said could set a time-frame for a handover of security to Afghan forces from 2010. Photo:John D Mchugh/AFP

Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street. Foreign ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street. Foreign forces in Afghanistan are 'disrupting and disabling' Al-Qaeda's leadership, Brown has said, in a strong defence of Britain's involvement in the conflict. Photo:Ben Stansall/AFP

Map locating Peshawar in Pakistan. A suicide bomber blew up ...

(AFP) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map locating Peshawar in Pakistan. A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-filled car Saturday at a police checkpoint in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least seven people, officials said. Photo:/AFP

Pakistani security officials secure the site of a bomb blast ...

(AFP) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pakistani security officials secure the site of a bomb blast in Peshawar. A powerful suicide car bomb ripped through the Peshawar headquarters of Pakistan's top spy agency Friday, killing at least 10 people and leaving much of the fortified building in ruins. Photo:A Majeed/AFP

Internally displaced Pakistani civilians, fleeing from military ...

(AFP) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - Internally displaced Pakistani civilians, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in South Waziristan, wait for aid in Dera Ismail Khan. Stiff Taliban resistance killed at least 17 Pakistani soldiers Thursday in the military's deadliest day since launching a major offensive in South Waziristan, security officials said. Photo:Mohammad Kashif/AFP

A view of a mosque in Nouakchott. Twenty-five Mauritanian detainees, ...

(AFP) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - A view of a mosque in Nouakchott. Twenty-five Mauritanian detainees, accused of being Al-Qaeda supporters, issued a statement Thursday from a Nouakchott prison renouncing Muslim extremism. Photo:Georges Gobet/AFP

Iraqi MP Osama al-Najafi speaks to the press following an Iraqi ...

(AFP) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iraqi MP Osama al-Najafi speaks to the press following an Iraqi Parliament session in which a law to govern the country's general elections was agreed upon in Baghdad. Iraqi MPs have approved a law to govern the country's general election due in early 2010, paving the way to agree a date for the vote, said the parliament's vice president. Photo:Ali al-Saadi/AFP

Iraqi MP Osama al-Najafi speaks to the press following an Iraqi ...

(AFP) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iraqi MP Osama al-Najafi speaks to the press following an Iraqi Parliament session in which a law to govern the country's general elections was agreed upon in Baghdad. Iraqi MPs approved a law to govern the country's general election due in early 2010, paving the way to agree a date for the vote, said the parliament's vice president. Photo:Ali al-Saadi/AFP

A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location. REUTERS/REUTERS TV

Saudi security personnel are pictured searching for Al-Qaeda ...

(AFP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:20:00 GMT

(AFP) - Saudi security personnel are pictured searching for Al-Qaeda terror suspects in 2006. Saudi authorities have discovered an arms cache near the capital linked to an Al-Qaeda cell dismantled in August, an interior ministry spokesman said on Sunday. Photo:Hassan Ammar/AFP

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with Pakistani ...

(AFP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with Pakistani elders in Islamabad. Clinton has hit out against Pakistan's silence on the whereabouts of Al-Qaeda leaders, wrapping up a goodwill visit cautiously welcomed despite lingering distrust. Photo:Str/AFP

An undated photo provided by the ICRC shows Al-Qaeda sleeper ...

(AFP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - An undated photo provided by the ICRC shows Al-Qaeda sleeper agent Ali al-Marri who was sentenced to more than eight years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to supporting terrorism. Photo:/AFP

Armed Islamic militia stop a Somali woman for not wearing a ...

(AFP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Armed Islamic militia stop a Somali woman for not wearing a veil covering the whole body in a street in Mogadishu. Clashes broke out Wednesday in the Somali capital Mogadishu between government forces and insurgents, killing at least three people, witnesses said. Photo:Abdurashid Abikar/AFP

Pakistani army troops patrol on the vicinity of a food distribution ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:39:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Pakistani army troops patrol on the vicinity of a food distribution center for displaced people, who fled from South Waziristan due to military offensive, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Pakistan's 12-day-old offensive in the Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold of South Waziristan is considered its most critical test yet in the campaign to stop the spread of violent extremism in the this nuclear-armed country. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Anjum Naveed)

Map of Pakistan locating attacks in Kamra, Sorandara and Peshawar. ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of Pakistan locating attacks in Kamra, Sorandara and Peshawar. An anti-tank mine killed 16 wedding guests in Pakistan's tribal belt as a deadly bombing near an air force base inflicted a further reverse on the military in its war on the Taliban. Photo:null/AFP

Map of Pakistan locating attacks in Kamra, Sorandara and Peshawar. ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of Pakistan locating attacks in Kamra, Sorandara and Peshawar. Bombers targeted an air force base and an upmarket restaurant hours apart in Pakistan, unleashing fresh bloodshed in a 19-day wave of attacks that has left nearly 200 people dead. Photo:null/AFP

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen gestures while ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:32:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen gestures while speaking during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Bratislava, Thursday Oct. 22, 2009. Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that Afghanistan is the most complex challenge the alliance has ever faced but that it must remain engaged there to prevent the country from turning back into an al-Qaida training ground. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Virginia Mayo

US soldiers patrol the Korengal valley in Afghanistan's Kunar ...

(AFP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - US soldiers patrol the Korengal valley in Afghanistan's Kunar province. Photo:Matthew Moeller/AFP

Yemeni suspects, alleged members of al-Qaeda, are escorted into ...

(AFP) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - Yemeni suspects, alleged members of al-Qaeda, are escorted into a secure van following the first session of their trial at a court in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on October 17. Three years after an earlier campaign was squelched, a suicide attack and the interception of bomb-laden militants show Al-Qaeda appears determined to damage the Saudi government from its base in Yemen, analysts say. Photo:Khaled Fazaa/AFP

Troops of Pakistani para-military force check vehicles in Karachi. ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:20:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Troops of Pakistani para-military force check vehicles in Karachi. Authorities take extra security measures and closed down schools as security forces intensified crackdown operation against al-Qaida activists and Taliban militants in Pakistani tribal areas of Waziristan along Afghan border. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Fareed Khan)

A Pakistani tribal family, who fled from South Waziristan due ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:15:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A Pakistani tribal family, who fled from South Waziristan due to military offensive against al-Qaida activists and Taliban militants, passes through a checkpoint on the outskirt of Bannu, a town on edge of Pakistani tribal region Waziristan. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ijaz Muhammad)

File photo shows a Pakistani soldier keeping vigil on a post ...

(AFP) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a Pakistani soldier keeping vigil on a post near Pakistan's tribal district of South Waziristan. A rising number of Western recruits, including Americans, are traveling to Afghanistan and Pakistan to attend paramilitary training camps for militant Islamists, The Washington Post reported. Photo:/AFP

Undated file picture of Osama bin Laden (C) at an undisclosed ...

(AFP) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - Undated file picture of Osama bin Laden (C) at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden was an austere father who banned toys and modern appliances at home, but also a flower-growing nature lover who spoke fluent English and adored fast cars, according to his wife and son. Photo:/AFP

File picture shows Mohammed bin Laden (L), the father of Saudi-born ...

(AFP) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - File picture shows Mohammed bin Laden (L), the father of Saudi-born terror suspect Osama bin Laden speaking to Saudi's late King Faisal in 1952. Osama bin Laden was an austere father who banned toys and modern appliances at home, but also a flower-growing nature lover who spoke fluent English and adored fast cars, according to his wife and son. Photo:/AFP

A billboard at the Farragut North Metro station in Washington, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - A billboard at the Farragut North Metro station in Washington, DC. Osama bin Laden was an austere father who banned toys and modern appliances at home, but also a flower-growing nature lover who spoke fluent English and adored fast cars, according to his wife and son. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP

Pakistani policemen remove an injured colleague from a police ...

(AFP) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pakistani policemen remove an injured colleague from a police training centre after an attack by gunmen in Lahore. A recent avalanche of attacks killing more than 160 people has opened the flood gates to a widening guerrilla war in Pakistan that the government has no strategy to counter, analysts say. Photo:Sameed Qureshi/AFP

A Pakistani official removes a suicide jacket from a terrorist ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:47:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A Pakistani official removes a suicide jacket from a terrorist shot dead at a law enforcing building in Lahore. Teams of gunmen attacked three law enforcement facilities in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, a major escalation in an audacious wave of terror strikes as this U.S.-allied, nuclear-armed country prepares for an offensive in a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold.(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/K.M.Chaudary)

US Marines use explosives as they storm a house during Operation ...

(AFP) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Marines use explosives as they storm a house during Operation Germinate in southern Afghanistan on October 8. US President Barack Obama huddled with his war council for a fifth time, debating whether to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan to quell a growing conflict. Photo:David Furst/AFP

Pakistani rescue workers carry the body of a person during a ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:34:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Pakistani rescue workers carry the body of a person during a crackdown operation against terrorists who stormed the law enforcing building in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Teams of gunmen attacked three law enforcement facilities in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, a major escalation in an audacious wave of terror strikes as this U.S.-allied, nuclear-armed country prepares for an offensive in a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold.(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/K.M.Chaudary)

US soldiers in Spin Boldak on October 6. US President Barack ...

(AFP) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - US soldiers in Spin Boldak on October 6. US President Barack Obama huddled with his war council Wednesday for the fifth time, debating whether to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan to quell a growing conflict. Photo:Romeo Gacad/AFP

In this image taken off TV footage, shown are police officers ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:09:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this image taken off TV footage, shown are police officers surround a law enforcing building which was stormed by terrorists in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Teams of gunmen attacked three law enforcement facilities in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, a major escalation in an audacious wave of terror strikes as this U.S.-allied, nuclear-armed country prepares for an offensive in a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Dawn TV)

Saudi security personnel are seen a search for Al-Qaeda terror ...

(AFP) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:20:00 GMT

(AFP) - Saudi security personnel are seen a search for Al-Qaeda terror suspects in 2006. Two suspected members of Al-Qaeda were killed and a third was arrested in a firefight in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that also resulted in the death of a policeman, the interior ministry said. Photo:Hassan Ammar/AFP

A screen shot of a video released in September by the Shebab ...

(AFP) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - A screen shot of a video released in September by the Shebab shows militants taking part in drills in Somalia. The hardline Islamist group has growing links with Al-Qaeda and poses a potential threat to foreign interests by radicalising Western youths, a leading expert has warned. Photo:/AFP

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second in command of al-Qaeda. Both he ...

(AFP) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second in command of al-Qaeda. Both he and Osama bin Laden have singled out the 'lions of Somalia' for praise. Photo:/AFP

Map of Iraq locating the city of Ramadi in western Iraq. Twin ...

(AFP) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of Iraq locating the city of Ramadi in western Iraq. Twin car bombs and an apparently coordinated suicide attack killed 19 people in Iraq's western city of Ramadi on Sunday, in an explosion of violence blamed on police collusion. Photo:/AFP

Map of Iraq locating the city of Ramadi in western Iraq. Twin ...

(AFP) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of Iraq locating the city of Ramadi in western Iraq. Twin car bombs near government buildings and an apparently co-ordinated suicide attack at a hospital killed 19 people and wounded 80 in Ramadi on Sunday, shattering a relative lull in violence. Photo:/AFP

Pakistani men help an injured suicide car bomb blast victim ...

(AFP) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pakistani men help an injured suicide car bomb blast victim in Peshawar on October 9. The death toll from the suicide car bombing in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar has risen to 52 after three more people died in hospital overnight, police and health officials said Saturday. Photo:A Majeed/AFP