
Washington: Ayman Al Zawahiri, who took over leadership of al-Qaeda after the death of Osama bin Laden last year, remains in the Af-Pak region, a top US counter-terrorism official said on Sunday. "We believe he (Zawahiri) is in that region of the world, as well as other al-Qaeda leaders that continue to borough into areas of...the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. That's why we're working very closely with our...

10:26 PM, Apr 29, 2012

Islamabad: Pakistani called on the United States on Sunday to share information about new al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri after US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he believed that Osama bin Laden's successor was in Pakistan. During his first trip to Kabul on Saturday as Pentagon chief, Panetta said he believed that the new al Qaeda leader was living in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt on the Afghan border. The...

06:31 PM, Jul 10, 2011

New York: US Federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Friday dropped terrorism charges against slain al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden who was killed by American commandos in Pakistan. The fist indictment was filed again bin Laden in Federal District Court in Manhattan in 1998 and charged him with conspiracy to attack United States defense installations. The indictment grew after the 9/11 attack, which was masterminded by bin Laden. On Friday,...

11:21 PM, Jun 17, 2011

New Delhi: The signals from Washington couldn't be stronger - Pakistan must be fully on board in the US campaign against terrorism otherwise the US could resort to unilateral action to capture or kill terrorists hiding in Pakistan. America appears to be stepping up the pressure on Pakistan to be more cooperative in the war on terror. The US Ambassador on Monday publicly spelt out his country's position in an ...

09:36 PM, May 09, 2011

Washington: After killing Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the United States is now hunting for his deputy Ayman al Zawahiri, but it still may not tell Pakistan if he is targeted. It would depend on "the specifics of the operation," White House National Security Advisor Tom Donilon told ABC on Sunday when asked whether the US would inform Pakistan if it decided to target al Zawahri "This really wasn't...

01:41 PM, May 09, 2011

Bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Egyptians to shun Obama. ...

09:59 AM, Jun 04, 2009