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Six weeks before the attacks Silverstein signed a 99 year lease for the site, which is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. (Photo: File/Representational)

Airlines settle Twin Towers claim with developer over 9/11 attacks

The September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers by hijackers loyal to Al-Qaeda killed more than 2,750 people.

22 Nov 2017 3:37 PM

Afghan National Army soldiers in thwe Sangin district of Kandahar province in Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Kabul’s new Great Game: Delhi must play to win

The Narendra Modi government must know that this is a great game that Delhi must play to win.

22 Nov 2017 6:08 AM

Trump seeks Chinese help

America had compelling leverage over Pakistan for six decades, and Islamabad was still sheltering Osama bin Laden.

11 Nov 2017 12:47 AM

The release ‘provides the opportunity for the American people to gain further insights into the plans and workings of this terrorist organization,’ said an official. (Photo: AP/File)

CIA releases files seized during Osama Bin Laden raid

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been pushing for the full release of the CIA's documents from the raid for months.

02 Nov 2017 1:11 PM

Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Rangoon' had released in February this year.

After Rangoon, Vishal Bhardwaj to adapt book on Osama, al-Qaida

He is taking a break from Shakespeare and will be adapting 'The Exile: The Stunning Inside Story of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Flight'.

26 Sep 2017 12:45 PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi addresses the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo: AP)

India blasts ‘Terroristan’ at UN as Pakistan raises J&K

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj will address UNGA on Saturday. On Friday, she ‘strongly raised’ the H-1B visa issue with US officials.

23 Sep 2017 1:22 AM

Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (Photo: AP)

‘Terroristan’: Living in denial

Abbasi wants us to believe that Pakistan’s nuclear programme goes back to the 1960s.

23 Sep 2017 12:22 AM

The young man, now 28, has appeared since childhood in the propaganda network founded by his father. (Photo: AFP)

Heir to Al-Qaeda? Osama's son Hamza bin Laden appears in photo montage of 9/11

An FBI agent said, "Now in his late 20s, Hamza is being prepared for a leadership role in the organisation his father founded".

19 Sep 2017 4:44 PM

Hamza bin Laden, son of late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden’s son calls for crusade

Hamza bin Laden has become active as an Al-Qaeda propagandist since his father’s death.

16 Sep 2017 6:56 AM

Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf (Photo: AFP)

Dawood may be 'here, somewhere, but why should we assist India?': Musharraf

Pak has consistently denied about Dawood residing there, despite India maintaining that that he indeed lives in a palatial house in Karachi.

31 Aug 2017 12:41 PM

Whispers of War: An Afghan Freedom Fighter’s Account of the Soviet Invasion by Masood Khalili, Sage, Rs 495

Book review: Walking through Kabul, in the shadow of war

As someone who spent her childhood there, and who is distressed when Afghanistan is imagines as a forsaken wilderness populated by masked bandits,

13 Aug 2017 2:00 AM

The Stunning Inside Story of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Flight by Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy, Bloomsbury, Rs 699.

The truth behind bin Laden’s death Not really

The bulk of the action is centred in Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden and his family arrived from Afghanistan following the US invasion of 2001.

16 Jul 2017 1:02 AM

A Kashmiri Muslim villager looks at the debris of one of the damaged houses after a gunbattle at Bahmnoo village 58 km south of Srinagar, Kashmir recently. (Photo: AP)

Why Iran’s supreme leader clubbed Kashmir with Yemen, and not with Palestine

In subsequent decades, Iranians watered down their rhetoric on Kashmir and strengthened ties with New Delhi.

14 Jul 2017 6:31 AM

Ted Poe asks Pak to free doc who traced Osama

Bin laden was killed on May 2, 2011 by US Navy SEALs during a raid in Pakistan’s Abbottabad.

30 Jun 2017 6:14 AM

Shuttling between worlds

Indian-American actor Naren Weiss has now become a name to reckon in the West with roles in series like The Blacklist: Redemption and more.

25 Jun 2017 12:20 AM

Terrified civilians hide from Islamic State snipers in Mosul school (Photo: Representational Image)

Bin Laden's Afghan hideout of Tora Bora mountain captured, claims ISIS

The message was broadcast on the militants’ Radio Khilafat station in the Pashto language late on Wednesday.

15 Jun 2017 2:57 PM

Trump’s duplicity in Mideast will be costly

Saudi Arabia was one of only three states, alongside Pakistan and the UAE, to recognise the “emirate” of Afghanistan.

25 May 2017 12:52 AM

O'Neill also recalled how he had arranged for a last conversation with his father. (Photo: AP)

Ex-Navy US official believed Osama bin Laden's raid in Pak was 'one way'

'As depressing as that sounds...I wasn't afraid, I was just focused,' O'Neill was quoted as saying.

22 May 2017 7:54 PM

Rajasthan: Saddam Hussain tries to get Aadhaar card for Osama Bin Laden

Officials of the UIDAI got a whiff of the matter and reported the matter to police.

15 May 2017 4:05 PM

Will avenge father's death: Bin Laden's son Hamza warns Americans

Hamza, about 28 year old now, wrote those letters when he was 22 and had not seen his father bin Laden in several years.

13 May 2017 3:31 PM

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