Drones (military)
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Abdullahi Haji Da’ud and Mohamed Dulyadin presumed dead, Pentagon and Somali officials reported on same day al-Shabaab gunmen killed 10 in Mogadishu
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Karen Greenberg’s new book explores the decade after the cataclysm of 9/11 and how the US came ‘perilously close’ to ‘losing the protections of the Bill of Rights’
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The muted reaction to the death of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor suggests remote killing has lost its shock value – for now
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Ruthless leader of the Afghan Taliban who bought loyalty with stacks of cash and treated opponents with brute force
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Death of Mullah Omar’s successor in Balochistan province likely to have major effect on US-Pakistani relations
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Like most drone victims, Ramazan Khan did not receive an apology for the 2009 drone strike in North Waziristan, Pakistan in 2009 that ultimately killed his grandson
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Kareem Khan discusses living in North Waziristan, Pakistan, with US drones overhead. A 2009 strike on his home killed three people, including Khan’s nephew
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The strikes last a moment, but the consequences last forever. Six families tell how Barack Obama’s secret drone war has left them struggling for answers
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Rafiq ur-Rehman reflects on the aftermath of the 2012 drone strike in North Waziristan, Pakistan that killed his mother and older brother and injured his children
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If Trump is the OJ Simpson of 21st-century US politics and his run for the presidency is the white Ford Bronco chase of our moment, then we’re in a truly strange world
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Topics
- US military
- Pakistan
- Obama administration
- South and Central Asia
- Afghanistan
- Taliban
- US politics
- Military
- Barack Obama
- UK security and counter-terrorism
- Yemen
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- Foreign policy
- US elections 2016
- Islamic State
- Counter-terrorism policy
- Africa
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- US national security
US to continue 'signature strikes' on people suspected of terrorist links