Al Qaeda

by Nadege Puljak | May 25, 2012 President Francois Hollande is on his first visit to Afghanistan since taking office earlier this month President Francois Hollande on Friday defended France's imminent exit from Afghanistan, saying 2,000 combat troops will leave in a coordinated withdrawal this year but vowing not to abandon the country. Hollande met French soldiers deployed in the volatile province of Kapisa

Friday, 25 May 2012 Islamabad, May 25: Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was killed because the government of then president Parvez Musharraf did not provide her adequate security, her son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has alleged. Bilawal, who is chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), said Musharraf was aware of the threats when Al Qaeda had instructed the Taliban to kill her.

WASHINGTON - Angry U.S. lawmakers Thursday threatened to freeze millions of dollars in vital aid to Islamabad after a Pakistani doctor who helped hunt down Osama bin Laden was jailed for 33 years. As the case of Shakeel Afridi, also fined 320,000 rupees (US$3,500) after being found guilty of treason, stunned Capitol Hill, U.S.

Pakistan's foreign minister has defended a court decision to imprison a Pakistani doctor who helped the United States track down Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden last year. Hina Rabbani Khar was speaking to NHK in Tokyo on Friday during her visit to Japan. On Wednesday, a Pakistani court sentenced Dr Shakil Afridi to 33 years in prison for treason.

Friday, 25 May 2012 Washington, May 25: The US admiral who oversaw the operation to kill Osama bin Laden denied that he or his staff helped advise Hollywood film makers shooting a movie about last year's secret raid to kill the al Qaeda leader. A conservative legal group this week made public documents which it said showed how the Obama administration arranged special access to top officials for film makers Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, the director and