Tag: OBL

White House says Pakistan’s hands clean in Bin Laden killing

"I’ve been around a long time. I'm long-of-tooth in this business, and I understand the consequences of what I'm saying," Hersh told CNN

Pakistan knew in advance of OBL raid: report

“The CIA did not learn of bin Laden’s whereabouts by tracking his couriers, as the White House has claimed since May 2011, but from a former senior Pakistani intelligence officer who betrayed the secret in return for much of the $25 million reward offered by the US”

Finding OBL in Pakistan proved war on terror was waged against...

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Friday said al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s presence and subsequent recovery from Pakistan proved the war on...

OBL not traced due to Afridi’s fake polio campaign: Sartaj

PM’s adviser says UN’s name mistakenly mentioned in list of NGOs involved in Afridi’s fake campaign Opp senators walkout from Senate in protest against adviser’s...

Shakil Afridi’s lawyer flees to Dubai after threats

Dr Shakil Afridi’s advocate Samiullah Afridi fled to Dubai on Wednesday after receiving threats from unidentified people. Former Khyber Agency surgeon Dr Afridi had allegedly...

Panetta admits to spilling secret bin Laden info to Hollywood scriptwriter

Former CIA director Leon Panetta claims he accidentally revealed secret information to ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ screenwriter Mark Boal during a speech at agency headquarters...

Shakil Afridi re-trial: FATA Tribunal seeks record of case

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas Tribunal hearing the trial of Dr Shakil Afridi, who helped the CIA track down former Al Qaeda chief Osama...

Zafar urges release of OBL official report

Renowned jurist and politician SM Zafar has exhorted the government to release the original text of the Abbottabad Commission to save the nation from...

OBL fiasco: security apparatus ‘grossly incompetent’

More than two years after a raid by US forces on Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad, Arab TV channel Al Jazeera on Monday...

Osama bin Laden’s shooter breaks his silence

The Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden broke his silence Monday, recounting the night he shot the Al-Qaeda leader three times and the...

OBL’s son-in-law Abu Gheith arrested in Turkey

Turkish security forces have detained Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law Suleiman Abu Gheith in Ankara following a tip-off from US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The...

Bin Laden would have escaped if Pakistan permission sought: Obama

US President Barack Obama, in some of his most blunt remarks to date, said on Monday that Osama bin Laden would have escaped if...

Nothing political in OBL film timing: TV chief

A TV executive on Wednesday rejected claimed that there was a political motive behind a decision to telecast a movie about the mission to...

OBL presence in Pakistan sheer negligence, says Musharraf

Former President General (rtd.) Pervez Musharraf said Osama bin Laden’s presence in Pakistan was negligence rather than a conspiracy. Talking to a US-based news channel...

Scale model of OBL’s hideout put on display in Pentagon

US intelligence officials have unveiled a once top secret scale model of Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan, a precise replica used to plan...

Govt to get destination countries’ consent before deporting OBL family

The federal government has decided to get the consent of the home countries of the family members of slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin...

Swiss woman’s Yemeni captors want OBL wives freed

A bid to release a Swiss woman kidnapped in Yemen has suffered a blow after her abductors made excessive demands, including for Osama bin...