Here is a timeline detailing the events that occurred on September 11, 2001, when members of the militant Islamist terrorist group al-Qaida launched coordinated attacks against the United States. 

Iraqi refugees at the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria are voicing concerns about the growing violence inside the camp, which hosts thousands of people, including families of Islamic State (IS) foreign fighters.Over the weekend, an Iraqi refugee was killed, and three others were seriously injured in an attack by a suspected IS cell, bringing the number of those killed inside the camp to 25 since mid-April.Al-Hol is home to nearly 62,000 people, including about 30,000 Iraqi refugees."Our situation is getting worse because of these assassinations,” said Um Abdulla, an Iraqi refugee who lives at the camp.“Honestly, if we went back to Iraq and stayed at another refugee camp, it would still be better than this place,” she told VOA.Women and children gather in front their tents at al-Hol camp that houses some 60,000 refugees, including families and supporters of the Islamic State group, many of them foreign nationals, in Hasakeh province, Syria on May 1, 2021.
In March, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) carried out a major security operation to curb attacks claimed by IS cells inside the camp. More than 125 suspected IS operatives were arrested in the campaign.But camp residents say there has been a new surge in violence in recent weeks at al-Hol.Despite its territorial defeat in March 2019, IS remains active throughout eastern Syria, carrying out attacks through its sleeper cells.Rakan Mohammed, another Iraqi refugee at al-Hol, said he thinks IS militants outside the camp coordinate with their followers inside the camp to conduct these attacks."Killing has become a daily occurrence here. Almost every day, they kill one or two people at the camp,” he said.FILE - Women walk in the al-Hol camp that houses some 60,000 refugees, including families and supporters of the Islamic State group, many of them foreign nationals, in Hasakeh province, Syria, May 1, 2021.An SDF official, who requested anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak about security matters, told VOA that if the violence at al-Hol continues to rise, the SDF could conduct another security operation similar to one conducted in March.Camp officials say the attackers mostly use knives and silencer weapons when targeting their victims.Most of the attacks have taken place during the night when there is less presence by security forces, camp residents say.“We can’t wait for the night to be over, because at night, you never know who would enter your tent,” Abu Ahmed, an Iraqi refugee, told VOA.In ...

People in Afghanistan have chanted "Allahu Akbar," or God is great, as a protest against the Taliban's attacks on some cities in Afghanistan. VOA's Sayed Hasib Maududi filed this report, narrated by Roshan Noorzai.Camera: Sayed Hasib Maududi  
 

Five years after Turkey’s failed military coup, journalists and critics of the government are still being persecuted, analysts say. Namo Abdulla, for VOA, has more. Camera:   Nawid Orokzai, Umut Colak Produced by:  Nawid Orokzai 

In northern Afghanistan’s Balkh province along the border with Uzbekistan, residents tell VOA that since the Taliban have seized control, they have imposed severe new restrictions on locals. Journalist Gul Rahim Niazman reports from Balkh district in the province.

Afghanistan’s national security adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, Friday met his Russian counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, in Moscow to discuss security cooperation between the two countries.