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'I pointed him out in my book just BEFORE the attack on the World Trade Centre,' he continued. (Photo: File)

'Fools never told us he was there': Trump hits out at Pakistan over Bin Laden

Trump said Bin Laden had lived 'beautifully in Pak and what I guess in what they considered a nice mansion, I don't know, I've seen nicer.'

20 Nov 2018 8:47 AM

Trump also said that he has plans to visit Iraq and Afghanistan to meet American troops stationed there. (Photo: File)

Pakistan doesn't do 'a damn thing' for US, says Donald Trump

In Sep, Trump administration cancelled USD 300 mn in military aid to Pak for not doing enough against terror groups active on its soil.

19 Nov 2018 8:39 AM

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)

Terrorists pushing limits, even their underpants, says Rajnath Singh

Stresses on ‘perspective planning’ to thwart threats to aviation industry.

10 Oct 2018 1:06 AM

His half-brother, too, is aware of the fact that the family knew about Osama's terrorist activities early on as well as his role in the 9/11 attacks. (Photo: AFP)

In a first, Osama Bin Laden's mother says son 'brainwashed in his 20s'

Alia Ghanem recalls that when she learned about her son's business, she was 'extremely upset'.

04 Aug 2018 4:39 PM

Railways on Wednesday, however, clarified that there was no need to panic as no new advisory been issued of any terror threat to Indian railways.

Letter issued ‘inadvertently’ quoting Qaeda threat sends railways into tizzy

Railways, however, clarified that there was no need to panic as no new advisory been issued of any terror threat to the Indian railways.

28 Jun 2018 4:52 AM

Soufan, 46, is delighted that the show educates a new generation about 9/11, challenges Muslim stereotypes and sends a message to young people, particularly from immigrant backgrounds who may feel alienated. (Photo: AFP)

From Lebanon to American dream, via FBI and 9/11

Ali Soufan applied to the FBI as a dare and was the only one of his friends selected.

11 May 2018 11:00 AM

The Jaish-e-Mohammed has been banned in Pakistan since 2002, but it continues to train terrorists in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and provides them weapons to create troubles in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI | Representational)

Jaish-e-Mohammed directs its cadres to strengthen 'jihad' in J&K

JeM commander Mufti Abdul Rauf Asghar claimed responsibility for April 26 grenade attack in the Tral township of Pulwama district in J&K.

05 May 2018 11:57 AM

This is about keeping Pakistan: first, safe; second, strong; third, prosperous; and maybe eventually all three at the same time.

Pakistan’s sweeping agenda

Always fighting to be safe, never stable enough to become strong — that’s goals one and two evaporating right there.

23 Apr 2018 12:21 AM

Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad had studied at the University of Illinois and lived in Toledo since 2006. (Photo: toledoblade.com)

Indian engineer in US pleads guilty of funding top Al Qaeda leader

Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad is accused of sending money to Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. Al-Awlaki was later designated a terrorist and killed.

12 Apr 2018 6:17 PM

India highlighted that how Pakistan has continued to support cross-border terrorism and attempting to mask its territorial ambitions in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral and inseparable part of India. (Representational image)

Pakistan major source of terrorism all over world, says India to UN

India expressed its concerns that country like Pak, which protected Osama Bin Laden and sheltered Mullah Omar, pretending to be a victim.

15 Mar 2018 8:36 AM

Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, 32, was sentenced by US District Judge Brian Cogan in Brooklyn federal court. (Photo: AP)

US citizen sentenced to 45 yrs in jail for aiding al Qaeda bomb attack

Al Farekh had helped prepare an explosive device used in a January 19, 2009 attack on a US Forward Operating Base Chapman in Afghanistan.

14 Mar 2018 9:11 AM

Direct money and materiel is only part of it. For years, money from the US gave Pakistan access to global markets at a time of low interest rates and historic liquidity, at least until the Great Recession. (Photo: AP)

The Haqqani dilemma

What are the Haqqanis worth to you, Pakistan? Or put more bluntly, how much pain is Pakistan willing to suffer to hang on to the Haqqanis?

08 Jan 2018 2:08 AM

Video grab of the recently released Al Qaeda video.

Mumbai police on alert after Al Qaeda video surfaces

Security sources said that such videos are propaganda tools of terror outfits to radicalise and recruit.

28 Dec 2017 6:18 AM

A Pakistani resident injured in a roadside bombing is being treated in Bannu. (Photo: AFP)

Bomb blast kills 9 in Pakistan

No militant group claimed responsibility in the incident.

07 Dec 2017 3:26 AM

Realpolitik in Mideast as Saudis, Israel join forces

While rumours of Saudi-Israel contacts have been making the rounds for years, the covert is now increasingly overt.

28 Nov 2017 12:00 AM

They worked there at a slaughter house which however was closed down later. (Representational Image)

Arrested three worked on spreading Qaeda network

The duo travelled to Hyderabad after entering India illegally crossing border, said sources.

23 Nov 2017 2:59 AM

One of them is placed at a senior level position in the hierarchy of ABT which is an affiliate of Al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent. (Representational Image)

Police arrest 3 with links to Al Qaeda

Surveillance was carried out at several public places, hotels, railway stations and restaurants.

22 Nov 2017 2:44 AM

The post-9/11 wars, with jihadist foot soldiers, have left a rich crop of jihadists in platoon and company strength. (Representational image)

Soldiers trained for jihad need to fight wars without end

Mr Putin said he knew the Saudis controlled militant groups across the Caucasus.

10 Nov 2017 2:41 AM

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh addressing at the passing out parade at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVP NPA) in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

No terrorism in India after five years, says Rajnath Singh

Singh was addressing the Dikshant parade, marking the passing out of IPS probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy.

31 Oct 2017 1:07 AM

According to estimates available in public space, half a million of them have already become refugees and the numbers are rising because of the ethnic cleansing unleashed by the Myanmar junta. (Representational image)

Time is ripe to choose butter over guns

In the middle of all this, the India-Pakistan standoff continues.

22 Oct 2017 12:48 AM

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