Abbottabad Compound

A years-long Pakistani land dispute pitting the military against the civilian government is culminating in one seemingly simple question: Should the field where Osama bin Laden's compound once stood be turned into a playground, or a graveyard?

A dispute has broken out over the future of the site where Osama Bin Laden was shot dead in 2011, with authorities pushing rival plans for a graveyard or playground.

A tussle has erupted between Pakistan's powerful military and the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over a sprawling piece of land in the garrison city of Abbottabad where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lived and was killed in 2011.

Senior Pakistani leadership knew that Osama bin Laden was hiding at a compound in Abbottabad but the US has not been able to get any proof of it so far, Hillary Clinton, the then secretary of state, has said.

In a new revelation, a top US official has for the first time disclosed that American special forces had recovered a telephone from Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound in Pakistan, shedding new light on the so far known description of the al-Qaeda chief's hideout.

No effort was spared by the US military before its Navy Seals raided Al Qaeda's former chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan last May, shows a detailed scale model of his Abbottabad city-located compound.

A report by NBC news states that while he was hiding in his compound at Abbottabad, Osama bin Laden " regularly ordered his subordinates to plan new attacks, including assassinations of President Barack Obama and General David Petraeus."

The compound in the garrison town of Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces last year was demolished by Pakistani authorities tonight amidst tight security, local residents said.

An architect regularly employed by the ISI worked on the compound in which Osama bin Laden sheltered for years in Abbottabad and the slain al Qaeda chief communicated regularly with LeT from his hideout, a media report said on Saturday.

Pakistan is preventing foreign journalists and other visitors from getting close to the house of slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

US commanders of the raid on Osama bin Laden considered a more down-to-earth way of entering his compound than swooping in by helicopter, a report said today.

The CIA will get the opportunity to further search the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden lived before he was killed by Navy SEALs, U.S. and Pakistani officials said on Thursday. The CIA will look for fingerprints and other clues.It's part of confidence-building measures to restore trust between the U.S. and Pakistani intelligence agencies....

The enormous cache of computer files taken from Osama bin Laden's compound contained a considerable quantity of pornographic videos, American officials said on Friday, adding a discordant note to the public image of the Islamist militant who long denounced the West for its lax sexual mores. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity about cl...

The US killing of Osama bin Laden a few streets away may have flung Pakistan into crisis, but the Al Qaeda chief's neighbours are determined nothing should spoil their wedding."Osama is not my problem. I don't care if he died here. I can't postpone my wedding because of his death," said Suhail Nasir, 38, dressed up to the nines and getting married ...

While the US-led forces were hunting for Osama bin Laden in Pakistan's unruly tribal areas for years, the Al Qaeda chief had been living a secluded life in a million-dollar mansion in the Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad for five years, according to one of his wives.The Yemeni woman said bin Laden had been living in the compound in Abbottabad ...

A years-long Pakistani land dispute pitting the military against the civilian government is culminating in one seemingly simple question: Should the field where Osama bin Laden's compound once stood be turned into a playground, or a graveyard?

A dispute has broken out over the future of the site where Osama Bin Laden was shot dead in 2011, with authorities pushing rival plans for a graveyard or playground.

A tussle has erupted between Pakistan's powerful military and the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over a sprawling piece of land in the garrison city of Abbottabad where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lived and was killed in 2011.

Senior Pakistani leadership knew that Osama bin Laden was hiding at a compound in Abbottabad but the US has not been able to get any proof of it so far, Hillary Clinton, the then secretary of state, has said.

In a new revelation, a top US official has for the first time disclosed that American special forces had recovered a telephone from Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound in Pakistan, shedding new light on the so far known description of the al-Qaeda chief's hideout.

No effort was spared by the US military before its Navy Seals raided Al Qaeda's former chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan last May, shows a detailed scale model of his Abbottabad city-located compound.

A report by NBC news states that while he was hiding in his compound at Abbottabad, Osama bin Laden " regularly ordered his subordinates to plan new attacks, including assassinations of President Barack Obama and General David Petraeus."

The compound in the garrison town of Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces last year was demolished by Pakistani authorities tonight amidst tight security, local residents said.

An architect regularly employed by the ISI worked on the compound in which Osama bin Laden sheltered for years in Abbottabad and the slain al Qaeda chief communicated regularly with LeT from his hideout, a media report said on Saturday.

Pakistan is preventing foreign journalists and other visitors from getting close to the house of slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

US commanders of the raid on Osama bin Laden considered a more down-to-earth way of entering his compound than swooping in by helicopter, a report said today.

The CIA will get the opportunity to further search the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden lived before he was killed by Navy SEALs, U.S. and Pakistani officials said on Thursday. The CIA will look for fingerprints and other clues.It's part of confidence-building measures to restore trust between the U.S. and Pakistani intelligence agencies....

The enormous cache of computer files taken from Osama bin Laden's compound contained a considerable quantity of pornographic videos, American officials said on Friday, adding a discordant note to the public image of the Islamist militant who long denounced the West for its lax sexual mores. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity about cl...

The US killing of Osama bin Laden a few streets away may have flung Pakistan into crisis, but the Al Qaeda chief's neighbours are determined nothing should spoil their wedding."Osama is not my problem. I don't care if he died here. I can't postpone my wedding because of his death," said Suhail Nasir, 38, dressed up to the nines and getting married ...

While the US-led forces were hunting for Osama bin Laden in Pakistan's unruly tribal areas for years, the Al Qaeda chief had been living a secluded life in a million-dollar mansion in the Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad for five years, according to one of his wives.The Yemeni woman said bin Laden had been living in the compound in Abbottabad ...