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Cover photo of 'The Forever Prisoner: The Full and Searing Account of the CIA's Most Controversial Covert Program'. (Photo by arrangement)

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Pakistan’s former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s popularity dropped and the attack by the security forces on Lal Masjid conservative seminary in Islamabad in July 2007 further increased his unpopularity. (File Photo: AP)

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The US National Security Agency’s eavesdropping mission includes radio broadcasting, both from various organisations and individuals, the Internet, telephone calls, and other intercepted forms of communication. (Representational Image)

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The consistent stand of India, whether it was that of the BJP-led NDA or the Congress-led UPA, was that there are no “good Taliban” or “bad Taliban”, and that the Taliban as Islamic terrorists were all bad. Representational Image. (PTI)

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India’s first real brush with the Taliban came during the December 1999 Indian Airlines IC-814 hijacking

24 Aug 2021 4:19 AM

U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader sign a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar. The Taliban say the long-awaited peace talks with the negotiating team selected by the Afghan government are to begin on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar. The announcement on Sept. 10, came in a statement from the Taliban in Qatar, where the insurgents maintain a political office, and also as an announcement from Qatar's foreign ministry. (AP File)

Peace talks to begin between Taliban, Afghan government 19 years after 9/11 triggered war

The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned owing to bitter disagreements over a controversial prisoner swap

12 Sep 2020 10:47 AM

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) speaks during the National Assembly session in Islamabad. (Handout photograph released by the Pakistan's Press Information Department)

Imran Khan under fire for bin Laden 'martyrdom' remark

‘I will never forget how we were embarrassed when Americans came into Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, martyred him,’ Khan had said

26 Jun 2020 11:19 AM

Pervez Musharraf can be heard saying, "Kashmiris who came to Pakistan received a hero reception here. We used to train them and support them.' (Photo: File)

Pervez Musharraf says ‘Osama bin Laden was Pakistan's hero'; see video

During the interview, Gen (retd) Musharraf also said that terrorist like Osama bin Laden and Jalaluddin Haqqani were 'Pakistani heroes' .

14 Nov 2019 12:22 PM

India-US relations on upward trajectory: EAM

It may be recalled that the US had waged war against the terrorist-masterminds of the 9/11 attack.

18 Sep 2019 3:11 AM

The 15th of Osama bin Laden's 20 children and a son of his third wife, Hamza, thought to be about 30 years old, was "emerging as a leader in the Al-Qaeda franchise". (Photo: AP)

Osama's son Hamza bin Laden's death confirmed by Trump

Hamza bin Laden, designated heir of Al-Qaeda, was killed in a counter-terrorism operation along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

14 Sep 2019 7:20 PM

US Secretary of Defence confirms death of Hamza Bin Laden

US media reported at the beginning of August that bin Laden was killed during the last two years in an operation that involved US.

23 Aug 2019 3:11 PM

There has been no official confirmation of it from the United States. (Photo: File)

'Osama bin Laden's son Hamza was very threatening to US,' says Trump

US media on Wednesday reported that Hamza bin Laden was killed during the first two years of the Trump administration.

02 Aug 2019 9:21 AM

Hamza was thought to be under house arrest in Iran at the time, and documents recovered from the compound indicated that aides had been trying to reunite him with his father. (Photo: AP)

'Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza is dead,' says US official: report

The US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, provided no further details, including when Hamza died or where.

01 Aug 2019 8:07 AM

Khan, who is on a three-day official visit to the US, met President Donald Trump - the first face-to-face interaction between the two leaders - on Monday in the White House. (Photo: File)

'Felt humiliated when Osama bin Laden was killed by US,' says Pak PM

Speaking at the US Institute of Peace (USIP) here, Khan said the US did not trust Pakistan over the issue of Osama bin Laden.

24 Jul 2019 8:41 AM

It was not immediately clear what Khan was referring to and he did not provide more detail. (Photo: File)

Imran Khan says Pakistan intelligence led US to Osama Bin Laden: Report

Imran Khan, who is visiting Washington on his first official trip, made his claim in an interview.

23 Jul 2019 11:28 AM

Yemen’s Al-Qaeda branch, called Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, is the most dangerous and sophisticated offshoot of the terror group Osama bin Laden founded in Afghanistan in 1988. (Photo: AP)

Al-Qaida is stronger than it was before 9/11

Al-Qaeda has developed new political influence – in some areas even supplanting the local government.

13 Jul 2019 11:03 AM

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar (Photo: AFP)

‘Global terrorist’ Masood Azhar of Jaish has a long history of tirades against India

The US Treasury is prohibiting Americans from “engaging in any transactions” with three Pakistan-based militants and a front group.

07 May 2019 5:15 AM

Ijaz Shah, a confidant of former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf, has also been accused of harbouring terror outfit Al-Qaeda. (Photo:AP)

Ex Pakistan officer, known to help Bin Laden, sworn in as minister: Report

Pakistan's former Intelligence Bureau chief Ijaz Shah, who helped Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, was sworn in as Minister.

03 Apr 2019 1:19 PM

New biography says Omar was in fact living just three miles from a major US Forward Operating Base. (Photo:Youtube)

Taliban leader Omar lived next to US Afghan base: Biography

Taliban founder Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan for years.

11 Mar 2019 11:19 AM

This suggestion of security officials came after Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the JeM chief is unwell. (Photo:AP)

Masood Azhar's health condition deteriorating; undergoes regular check-up

Masood Azhar is suspected to be afflicted with renal failure and is under regular dialysis at an army hospital in Rawalpindi in Pakistan.

02 Mar 2019 12:15 PM

The UN Security Council's 1267 ISIS and Al Qaida Sanctions Committee listed 29-year old Hamza bin Laden on Thursday. (File Photo)

UNSC blacklists 'possible' Al-Qaida successor, Hamza Bin Laden

The UN Security Council has designated Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.

02 Mar 2019 10:43 AM

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