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Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals in a covert raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. (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'.

4 Aug 2018 4:39 PM IST

Jalaluddin was an Afghan mujahideen commander fighting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s with the help of the US and Pakistan. (Photo: AFP)

Afghan Taliban announces death of Haqqani network founder

Jalaluddin gained notoriety for his organisation and bravery, garnering attention from CIA and visit from US congressman...

4 Sept 2018 9:30 AM IST

Pakistans former military ruler Pervez Musharraf (Photo: AFP)

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

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

31 Aug 2017 12:41 PM IST

Whispers of War: An Afghan Freedom Fighters 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...

13 Aug 2017 2:00 AM IST

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...

16 July 2017 1:02 AM IST

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...

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

14 July 2017 6:31 AM IST

Edward Snowden. (Photo: AFP)

In 2008, US sought to install key spy software in Delhi'

A New Delhi collection site would have enabled easier access to China, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other sensitive...

8 May 2017 2:23 AM IST

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Osama feared his sons could be injected with electronic chips:...

Tracking down and killing the man behind the 2001 terrorist attacks on America is one of President Barack Obama's...

20 Jan 2017 8:05 AM IST

Dr. Shakil Afridi, who has been convicted for helping US locate Osama bin Laden. (Photo: Twitter | @faryaalshakeel)

Pakistan will not spare doctor who helped US find Osama

Dr. Shakil Afridi, hailed as a hero by U.S. officials, was arrested after U.S. forces killed bin Laden in May 2011.

18 Jan 2017 2:39 PM IST

Confessions of a terrorist's son

Author and peace promoter Zak will be in the city to talk about the trials and triumphs of his life as a child of a...

24 Nov 2016 12:08 AM IST

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Pak needs to come clean on Osama raid

Haqqani who did meet with the commission has always publicly criticised the attack.

18 March 2017 2:03 AM IST

Osama pictures used in Jallikattu stir, says Tamil Nadu CM

Osama pictures used in Jallikattu stir, says Tamil Nadu CM

Opposition leader M.K. Stalin sought the chief minister's response to the lathicharge and how the protests turned...

28 Jan 2017 7:10 AM IST