Al Qaeda killed Afghan Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud on September 9, 2001 in what was seen as a harbinger of 9/11.
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August 4, 1998: Attacks in Colombia
On this day in 1998, Colombia’s FARC and ELN terrorist groups attacked military and police in half the country’s provinces killing at least 76.
While there is no question that the term terrorism is overused, there are puzzling occasions on which it is not used at all.
On this day in 2016, anti-Iranian terrorist group Mujahedin-e-Khalq was attacked by possible pro-Iranian militias at its camp in Iraq; 40 were wounded.
Two interesting developments in two capitals. Armed suspect arrested at Rideau Hall and Trump denies being briefed on Russian bounty intelligence.
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‘Peace in our time’, Afghan style?
Why military interventions are hard to evaluate, especially ones in really broken lands like Afghanistan.
On this day in 2016, both the Taliban and ISIS claimed a suicide bomber who killed 16 locally-engaged security guards at the Canadian embassy in Kabul.
On this day in 2011, a NATO airstrike aimed at Taliban terrorists struck two houses and killed 14 civilians, including women and children.
There has not been an appreciable increase in terrorism activity in most nations across the world (there are exceptions). Here is what we know so far.
Canada suffered casualties during its mission in Afghanistan and it is tragic that a Western departure will not bring peace.