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Osama Bin Laden

In a Worldwide Caution Update, the department said it believed "there is a higher potential for anti-American violence given the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri on July 31, 2022"

Updated On: 03 Aug 2022 | 8:19 AM IST

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Updated On: 02 Aug 2022 | 1:36 PM IST

A US drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who helped Osama bin Laden plot the 9/11 attacks on the United States and helped al-Qaida survive and spread in the years after

Updated On: 02 Aug 2022 | 9:05 AM IST

According to The Sunday Times', Prince Charles met with the Al Qaeda founder's half-brother Bakr in London and allegedly agreed to accept GBP 1 million

Updated On: 01 Aug 2022 | 12:15 AM IST

America launched a bad-faith global crusade to instill democracy in the Muslim world and ended up with its own democracy in tatters.

Updated On: 12 Sep 2021 | 11:03 AM IST

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attacks, US President Joe Biden commemorated the lives of 2,977 people who lost their lives on the day twenty years ago.

Updated On: 11 Sep 2021 | 7:43 AM IST

The US was still riding high in the aftermath of the end of the Cold War in 2000. Today, it is one major power among many.

Updated On: 09 Sep 2021 | 10:42 AM IST

Book review of LANGUAGES OF TRUTH: Essays 2003-2020

Updated On: 30 May 2021 | 11:26 PM IST

In his latest book, America's first Black president described the various options of killing Bin Laden once it became increasingly clear that the elusive Al Qaeda chief was living in Pakistan

Updated On: 18 Nov 2020 | 12:01 AM IST

The US did not inform Pakistan about Osama bin Laden's location due to lack of trust and past experiences of terrorists being tipped off after data was shared with Islamabad, ex-CIA chief Panetta said

Updated On: 02 Oct 2020 | 2:38 PM IST

A group of Pakistani dissidents have expressed dismay over Prime Minister Imran Khan calling slain al-Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden a "martyr," saying this could be out of a "sinister reason" of putting the West, especially the US on notice. Under the banner of South Asians Against Terrorism & For Human Rights (SAATH) Forum, the group that includes Pakistan's former envoy to the US Hussain Haqqani, condemned Khan for making such a statement in Parliament. What makes this doubly disgusting is that Imran Khan made this claim on the floor of Pakistan's National Assembly. For, another Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yusaf Raza Gillani, had in selfsame, National Assembly on May 9, 2011, denounced bin Laden as a terrorist and had welcomed his elimination, it said in a statement. Speaking in Parliament during the budget session on June 25, Khan called bin Laden a "shaheed" (martyr) and said that Islamabad faced "embarrassment" by taking part in America's war on ...

Updated On: 30 Jun 2020 | 3:54 PM IST

"I don't think there's a country which supported the war on terror and had to face embarrassment for it. Pakistan was also openly blamed for US' failure in Afghanistan," Khan said

Updated On: 25 Jun 2020 | 10:26 PM IST

The 2011 killing of Bin Laden caused massive embarrassment for Pakistan and particularly its powerful military

Updated On: 02 Mar 2020 | 4:38 PM IST

Musharraf is facing treason charges in Pakistan for suspending the Constitution in 2007, a punishable offence for which he was indicted in 2014.

Updated On: 14 Nov 2019 | 4:59 PM IST

A look at some of the president's claims at the briefing, where he announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group

Updated On: 28 Oct 2019 | 2:20 PM IST

Ever elusive, ISIS chief Baghdadi, who was 48 at the time of his death, oversaw the murder of thousands of civilians in the name of religion

Updated On: 28 Oct 2019 | 10:25 AM IST

Hamza's last known public statement was released by al Qaeda's media arm in 2018

Updated On: 14 Sep 2019 | 8:48 PM IST

Military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said the US refused to take Pakistan into confidence at the time of operation

Updated On: 04 Sep 2019 | 11:29 PM IST

Hamza Bin Laden, 'crown prince of jihad', was 15th of Osama bin Laden's 20 children.

Updated On: 22 Aug 2019 | 11:31 PM IST

In 2017 he was placed on the US terrorist blacklist, seen as a potent future figurehead for the group then led by Osama bin Laden's former deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri

Updated On: 02 Aug 2019 | 12:12 AM IST