This frame grab from video shows al-Qaida's leader Ayman al-Zawahri at an unknown location, in a

Persian Gulf states.... He said the United States is prepared to prevent an al-Qaida comeback in

In this 1998 file photo, Ayman al-Zawahri, center left, and Osama bin Laden, center, hold a news

and rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan," I think al-Qaida has an opportunity, and they're going to

joining al-Qaida and has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.... And I am very sorry to

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds up documents while speaking at a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept.... Blinken had mixed results in attempting to face down a second day of tough congressional questioning, this time from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.... 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that led to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, intelligence officials presented a bleak assessment that

In this March 16, 2007 file photo, militant cleric Abu Rusdan sits in his family home during an interview with The Associated Press in Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia.... Abu Rusdan was seized late Friday in Bekasi near the capital of Jakarta, along with three other suspected members of Jemaah Islamiyah, police spokesman Ahmad Ramadhan said.... Indonesian authorities consider Rusdan to be a key figure in the Jemaah Islamiyah, which the U.S. has designated a terrorist group....

WASHINGTON--The United States has removed five extremist groups, all believed to be defunct, from its list of foreign terrorist organizations.... “ Therefore, as required by the INA, these FTO designations are being revoked.” Several of the removed groups once posed significant threats, killing hundreds if not thousands of people across Asia, Europe and the Middle East.... The group has been considered largely defunct since the executions of its top echelons, including leader Shoko Asahara, in

11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States, but the Pentagon now says it can finish the drawdown a little earlier.... “ Right now our Afghan security forces are in control both inside and outside of the base.” However, U.S. military spokesman Col.... Leggett. The Taliban welcomed the American withdrawal from Bagram Airfield....

Taliban, who sheltered al-Qaida fighters before the Sept.... These include sophisticated cyber