US offers $1m reward for Bin Laden’s son
WASHINGTON: The US has offered a reward of up to $1 million for information about the son of the late Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, Hamza. Hamza Bin Laden is emerging…
Trump criticizes war hero for not capturing bin Laden sooner
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has ignited a firestorm of criticism and charges that he is politicising the military by faulting a war hero for not capturing Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden…
PM Imran gets tough, snubs Trump
–PM says US should assess its own efficacy in Afghanistan instead of blaming Pakistan for its failures –Says Pakistan suffered 75,000 casualties in war on terror and lost over $123bn of which…
They don’t do a damn thing for us, says Trump on Pakistan
–US president claims Islamabad helped shelter Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad United States (US) President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed Pakistan “for doing nothing” for his country, claiming that Pakistan helped shelter…
India blames Pakistan for talks failure
–Sushma Swaraj tells UN ‘Pakistan’s commitment to terrorism as an instrument of official policy has not abated one bit’ NEW YORK: India’s Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj told the UN General Assembly…
Dr Shakil Afridi moved to Sahiwal Jail
PESHAWAR: Security personnel on Sunday moved Dr Shakil Afridi, a doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad compound, from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail to Punjab’s Sahiwal prison amid tight…
Osama bin Laden was ‘brainwashed’: al Qaeda leader’s mother speaks for the first time
Nearly 17 years since 9/11, Osama bin Laden’s family remains an influential part of Saudi society – as well as a reminder of the darkest moment in the kingdom’s history. Can they…
Germany holds suspected former bin Laden bodyguard pending deportation
BERLIN: A Tunisian man suspected of being an Islamist radical who once served as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard is in detention in Germany pending deportation to Tunisia, a spokesman for the city…
Shakeel Afridi shifted to ‘safer place’ after US plan to get him released surfaces
–Amjad Shoaib urges immediate action in wake of CIA plan to get Afridi released ISLAMABAD: Dr Shakeel Afridi, a doctor who contributed to the CIA operation to track down al-Qaeda supremo Osama bin…
Ex-OBL aide roaming freely in Pakistan: report
ISLAMABAD: He is crisscrossing Pakistan championing a fatwa, or Islamic religious decree, forbidding militant violence inside the country. But the mere fact that Fazlur Rehman Khalil, veteran leader of an organisation designated…
Judges irked by govt’s failure to bring Hussain Haqqani to court
–CJP summons foreign and interior secretaries on Wednesday, says court will reach out to Interpol for bringing former envoy to Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday summoned the…
‘The Looming Tower’ brings 9/11 mishaps to TV
NEW YORK: Published 12 years ago, the best-selling and Pulitzer-prize winning book The Looming Tower remains a definitive account of US intelligence failures that littered the path to the September 11, 2001 attacks.…
Doctor Shakil Afridi who aided hunt for bin Laden languishes, forgotten
ISLAMABAD: Shakil Afridi has languished in jail for years — since 2011, when the Pakistani doctor used a vaccination scam in an attempt to identify Osama bin Laden’s home, aiding US Navy…
Namesake grandson of Osama bin Laden is dead: reports
NEW YORK: Osama bin Laden has died – this time the grandson and namesake of the notorious 9/11 mastermind, according to a report. Little Osama was being hailed for his “martyrdom” by…
Osama shifted to Afghanistan to supervise assasination plot of Benazir: report
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) revealed regarding the December 2007 incident that Osama bin Laden, the former chief of al-Qaeda, was supervising the assassination plot of Benazir Bhutto and for this reason, he…
Pakistan was not aware of Osama bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad: Obama
NEW DELHI: Former United States president Barack Obama said that there is no evidence that the Pakistan government was aware of the presence of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad,…
Chaotic, leaderless Middle East favourable ground to spread ideology: OBL on Arab Spring
A journal made public by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and apparently handwritten by one of Osama bin Laden’s daughters offers a glimpse into how the Al Qaeda leader viewed the world around him…