Ayman Al Zawahiri

India to buy MQ-9 Reaper, the drone that killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri

The US had reportedly used the MQ-9 Reaper drone for an air strike on a compound in Kabul, Afghanistan that had allegedly killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri

Pakistan risks China's ire over renewed bonhomie with US but nothing changes for India on ground

The present US wooing of Pakistan is essentially an effort to keep the Pakistan Army engaged, and in ensuring access to what is after all, a highly dangerous situation

The two Afghanistans: Beware of Taliban but common Afghans love India

A short video of an ecstatic Afghan man kissing the TV image of Hardik Pandya, as he walks back after the victory against arch-rivals Pakistan, has gone viral

Why neutralisation of Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan raises more questions than answers

The elimination of Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan has led to fears that Al Qaeda might have got a new sanctuary in the country

Nancy Pelosi visit adds to the miseries and mysteries of Ukraine war

The Ukraine-Pelosi episodes may have finally shifted American, and by extension global attention away from individual enemies of the US, hence, ‘enemies of humanity’, to post-Cold War State players

Ayman al-Zawahiri killed: Why India should follow suit and neutralise terror heads

Compared to organisations without a leader, terrorist organisations that lose a leader have a higher chance of disappearing into oblivion

Ayman al-Zawahiri is dead but the questions his elimination raises are more alive than ever

The bad news is that the Taliban faction governing Afghanistan today is even more operationally and ideologically aligned with Al Qaeda than the old Afghan Taliban leadership

The al-Zawahiri killing: Why India can’t do what US does with ease and regularity

As Islamism of a rabid kind stealthily attempts to grow and thrive, there are questions being asked by the people of India as to why the country cannot do what the United States has been able to do with a prime adversary

Explained: How Ayman al-Zawahiri's death could pose a risk to US travellers

The United States has urged its citizens to be vigilant against possible suicide operations, assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings and bombings abroad following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

Firstpost Podcast: How is Ayman al-Zawahiri's killing significant to India?

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