“Putting us in jail will not dissuade us from supporting the mujahedeen [in Afghanistan]. We will continue to support them, even if you sentence us to death. We will continue to be fighters until the day we die.” (Screamed in a courtroom during trial) Associated Press, “Isam Mohammed Taher al-Barqawi, Al Qaeda Chief’s Mentor, Jailed in Jordan,” Huffington Post, July 28, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/28/isam-mohammed-taher-al-barqawi-al-qaeda-mentor-jailed-jordan-_n_911879.html.
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On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.