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US-Taliban Prisoner Exchange Finalized After 6 Months of Talks
The Taliban described the agreement as a constructive demonstration of resolving disputes through dialogue. The swap comes ...
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U.S. in talks with Taliban for release of Americans held in Afghanistan, source says
U.S. officials say Rahim, who has been held there without charge since 2008, was a senior aide in Al Qaeda ... strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. In addition to Rahim, the ...
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Keeping America Safe: CIA Director Burns reflects
On a shelf in his office at CIA headquarters, Director Bill Burns keeps a tiny scaled model of a house. It's the house in ...
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How the War is Straining Ukraine's Military and Shaping its Children
The city of Kherson in southern Ukraine is a key objective for Russia. Its military shells the city's neighborhoods daily and ...
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Q&A: CIA Chief on how the U.S. intel community handled Russia, China and Mideast
In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
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Transcript: NPR's full conversation with CIA Director William Burns
In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns about the resurgence of ISIS, and what's next for the intel community.
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Q&A: The CIA chief on how the U.S. intel community handled Russia, China and Mideast
In 2022, he oversaw the operation that killed the leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri. After war broke ... Back at headquarters, he reoriented the CIA's priorities and budget to focus on ...
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Transcript: NPR's full conversation with CIA Director William Burns
As CIA director, I know you don't do policy ... I mean, the successful strike that, you know, that the United States took against Ayman al-Zawahiri in what turned out to be a not-so-safehouse ...