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al-Qaeda
![Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis Escalates Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis Escalates](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-19_03-55-06.jpg)
Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis Escalates
By Luke Hunt
Life for the group is looking grimmer by the day.
![Before Afghanistan, Trump Should Sort Out How 'South Asia' Is Seen in Washington Before Afghanistan, Trump Should Sort Out How 'South Asia' Is Seen in Washington](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-trump.jpg)
Before Afghanistan, Trump Should Sort Out How 'South Asia' Is Seen in Washington
By Kabir Taneja
Why Trump should address South Asia policy thinking in Washington first.
![Al-Qaeda's South Asia Branch Makes a Bid for Global Jihad Leadership Al-Qaeda's South Asia Branch Makes a Bid for Global Jihad Leadership](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-rtsad3x.jpg)
Al-Qaeda's South Asia Branch Makes a Bid for Global Jihad Leadership
By Sajid Farid Shapoo
The new Code of Conduct from AQIS is an attempt to wrest back leadership from Islamic State.
![Why Another Philippines Terrorist Attack Is Coming Why Another Philippines Terrorist Attack Is Coming](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sizes/thumbnail/18365_5280975a267bb.jpg)
Why Another Philippines Terrorist Attack Is Coming
By Zachary Abuza
Another Marawi-like siege is likely to occur.
![Is the Taliban Still a Threat to US Security? Is the Taliban Still a Threat to US Security?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-21_13-01-56.jpg)
Is the Taliban Still a Threat to US Security?
By Wali Shaaker
16 years later, the original rationale for the war on Afghanistan still holds true.
![Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Take Aim at China Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Take Aim at China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-26_21-52-07.jpg)
Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Take Aim at China
By Uran Botobekov
Why have both groups turned their attention to Beijing?
![Afghanistan's Tribal Areas Are Still the Key to the War on Terror Afghanistan's Tribal Areas Are Still the Key to the War on Terror](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-01_14-25-16.jpg)
Afghanistan's Tribal Areas Are Still the Key to the War on Terror
By Ahmad Shah Katawazai
A recent suicide attack on a tribal jirga underscores the region's importance to global terrorism.
![Al-Qaeda, the Turkestan Islamic Party, and the Bishkek Chinese Embassy Bombing Al-Qaeda, the Turkestan Islamic Party, and the Bishkek Chinese Embassy Bombing](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-28_21-13-25.jpg)
Al-Qaeda, the Turkestan Islamic Party, and the Bishkek Chinese Embassy Bombing
By Uran Botobekov
The August 30 bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek came after al-Qaeda's leader praised Uyghur terrorists.
![China’s Terrorist Problem Goes Global China’s Terrorist Problem Goes Global](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-07_14-17-51.jpg)
China’s Terrorist Problem Goes Global
By Michael Clarke
An attack in Kyrgyzstan drives home what Beijing has long feared: Uyghur militants are integrating into global networks.
![Dhaka Hostage Crisis: Anatomy of a Terror Attack Dhaka Hostage Crisis: Anatomy of a Terror Attack](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-06_18-16-29.jpg)
Dhaka Hostage Crisis: Anatomy of a Terror Attack
By Rohan Joshi
The terror landscape in Bangladesh merits close scrutiny after the Gulshan hostage crisis.
![Afghanistan’s Growing Unrest: Implications for India’s Security Afghanistan’s Growing Unrest: Implications for India’s Security](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-25_15-25-18.jpg)
Afghanistan’s Growing Unrest: Implications for India’s Security
By Akanksha Narain
"India cannot be a spectator as chaos ensues in Afghanistan, for it will not be safe from the spillover."
![Is al-Qaeda Back in Afghanistan? Is al-Qaeda Back in Afghanistan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-29_19-59-43.jpg)
Is al-Qaeda Back in Afghanistan?
By Catherine Putz
They never left.