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A collection of Afghan newspaper fronts show headlines referring to the killing of the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden
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al-Qaeda

The dominant terror group for the better part of two decades, al-Qaeda has lost ground to factions like the "Islamic State." Al-Qaeda carries on despite the 2011 death of leader Osama bin Laden at the hands of US troops.

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