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The Taliban resistance lives on in the Lion of Panjshir's son
Middle East

The Taliban resistance lives on in the Lion of Panjshir's son

Ahmad Shah Massoud, hero of the Northern Alliance, was assassinated two days before 9/11. His namesake talks to RS.

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Asia-Pacific

Al-Zawahiri killing shows 'over-the-horizon' counterterrorism can work

Despite what critics said during the Afghanistan withdrawal, the US didn't need boots on the ground to take a top terrorist off the board.

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Global Crises

How a cottage terrorism industry made a lion out of an al-Qaeda mouse

A new book puts together documents uncovered at Osama bin Laden's hideout and finds the roots of a 20-year threat inflation.

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Asia-Pacific

Taliban and Al Qaeda: If there's no war, there won't be an alliance

But all bets are off if the United States starts rekindling a civil conflict there.