Barack Obama has said that he had ruled out involving Pakistan in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout because it was an "open secret" that certain elements inside Pakistan's military, and especially its intelligence services, maintained links to the Taliban and perhaps even al-Qaeda, sometimes using them as strategic assets against Afghanistan and India.
US President George W Bush says Osama bin Laden is "still alive" but regrets making his infamous edict to get the 9/11 terror mastermind "dead or alive" saying that it had sent a "wrong signal" to the Muslim world.
The nine targets struck under 'Operation Sindoor', four in Pakistan and five in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, were chosen by the IAF after receiving intelligence inputs about terror camps operating under the guise of health centres to evade detection at these sites, officials said on Wednesday.
The full text of the White House Intelligence briefing on Al Qaeda, August 2001.
US President George W Bush on Wednesday came under severe attack from the Communist Party of India-Marxist, which described him as a "fool" for comparing Russian leader Lenin with the likes of Osama bin Laden and Adolf Hitler.
'Pakistan is only interested in Afghanistan insofar as it can give it more strategic weight vis-a-vis India,' says Afghan expert Sarah Chayes.
Later addressing a press conference, Musharraf said that he would not allow the sovereignty of his country to be breached by the US.
Pakistan blocked the website of Al-Jazeera on Tuesday after it leaked a controversial report about Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's decade-long stay in the country before he was killed by United States special forces at his Abbottabad hideout.
Rahimullah Yusufzai, also a senior journalist, told rediff.com that it cannot be said that recent violence in Pakistan was orchestrated by the Al Qaeda -- led by Osama bin Laden and his right hand man Ayman Al-Zawahiri.
The tape comes four days before Americans vote to elect a new president. The contenders are incumbent George W Bush and Democrat John Kerry.
Any curious mind, the court observed, can access and download such content from the internet, which, by itself, is not a crime.
A leading US expert on terrorism claims Osama bin Laden is either in a pakistani city or in the mountains of Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
An ex-Navy SEAL, who claims to have shot Osama bin Laden, has slammed a controversial new article on the 2011 raid as "full of lies" and asserted that Pakistani officials were not taken into confidence for the fear that they would tip off the Al-Qaeda chief.
'Osama bin Laden and al-Zawahiri could be hiding in the tribal areas of Pakistan,' said the US deputy secretary of state.
Osama bin Laden was put on 'The Ten Most Wanted' list in June 1999 after being indicted for murder, conspiracy and other charges in connection with the embassy bombings, and a $ 5 million reward was put on his head at that time.
It will also launch a publicity blitz in afghan and Pakistani countryside to help trace him.
President George W Bush, during his campaign trail, tried to press home with voters his advantage on fighting terrorism and depict main rival John Kerry as a weak and vacillating leader unsuited to take on the challenge of terrorism.
The meeting took place at Bill Clinton's request, according to a report.
The younger bin Laden is protected by an elite, radical Iranian security force loyal to the country's clerics and beyond the control of the government.
The Pakistan president said Al Qaeda is uniting with the Taliban.
This contradicts the earlier US claim that the former Iraqi president was hand-in-glove with Osama bin Laden.
As he prepares for his second term in office, US President George W Bush has said his administration will give top priority to the war on terrorism and the hunt for Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
'The precision strikes were well planned and excellently executed. The world will be studying this operation.'
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Jaitely's statement comes amidst the escalating tension between Indian and Pakistan.
A close aide of slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was among six militants killed in a United States drone attack in Pakistan's lawless tribal region 10 days ago, media reported on Tuesday.
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The officials said they had no information other than that Azhar was undergoing treatment at an army hospital after suffering renal failure.
Five years after Operation Neptune Spear took out Osama bin Laden, US President Barack Obama relives the historic night with television channel CNN's Peter Bergen at the Situation Room of the White House.
India stressed that it is even more extraordinary for a country with a history of rigged elections to talk about political choices, that too in a democracy.
While AAP blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party, the saffron party has rejected the allegations against them and said they have nothing to do with such banners.
