Abbottabad

Netflix’s new Osama bin Laden series: Why the US didn’t inform Pakistan govt about its mission in Abbottabad

May 20, 2025 12:02 pm

Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011 by US forces during a covert operation in Pakistan. What was the rationale for the US’s decision? How much did Pakistan know about bin Laden?

How US Navy SEALs shot dead Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani military town

May 03, 2024 12:34 pm

Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda, was shot dead by a team of US Navy SEALs 13 years ago. We recall the operation, the manhunt that preceded it, and bin Laden’s journey from being a friend to a foe of the US.

US lawmaker asks Pakistan to free doctor who helped in tracing Osama bin Laden

June 29, 2017 5:19 pm

Republican lawmaker Ted Poe said Dr Shakil Afridi deserves a medal for aiding the elimination of Osama bin Laden, not life in prison. "Pakistan should free him, and it is time to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism. And that is just the way it is," he said.

Osama’s bookshelf

May 22, 2015 12:10 am

Reveals the mind of an icon who inspired a generation of Islamists and a tide of violence.

Al Qaeda recruits were asked strange questions, reveals Osama documents

May 21, 2015 6:35 pm

Prospective al-Qaeda recruits had to fill up an application form which contained normal HR questions to peculiar queries like, "Do you wish to execute a suicide operation?"

Osama bodyguard to be freed from Gitmo

January 11, 2014 4:14 am

Bin Laden was killed in a covert US raid in May, 2011, in Pakistan’s garrison city Abbottabad.

Kayani says army supports dialogue with Pak militants

October 13, 2013 2:49 am

The 61-year-old army chief described terrorism as a “big challenge” that goes against both Pakistan’s ideology and Islamic teachings.

Pak doc who helped CIA find Laden gets retrial

August 30, 2013 12:43 am

Anees also handed over Afridi’s case to the political agent of Khyber Agency.

‘Flood relief operations in 2010 may have helped US recce Abbottabad’

July 15, 2013 5:58 am

Did US pilots use flood relief operations in Pakistan in 2010 to obtain terrain information about Abbottabad that lead to the covert raid that killed Osama bin Laden?

US recced Abbottabad during flood relief ops for Osama hunt?

July 14, 2013 4:15 pm

The distance between the army posts along the border was approximately 32 kilometres.

Opinion | Why Are The CIA Files On Osama Bin Laden So Important?

June 22, 2020 6:30 pm