Al Qaeda
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Taliban Says Afghan War Is A Stigma On West
World | Sep 10, 2011, 07:08 PM ISTKabul, Sep 10: The post-9/11 invasion of Afghanistan by the US and its allies “will remain a permanent stigma on the face of Western democracy”, the Taliban said today. The Islamist grouping, which refused to
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From London To Mumbai, Al Qaeda Still A Threat: Clinton
World | Sep 09, 2011, 11:09 PM ISTNew York, Sep 9: Despite being on a path to defeat since Osama's bin Laden's death, al Qeada continues to pose a security threat in cities from London to Mumbai, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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US On Alert As Al Qaeda Threat Looms
World | Sep 09, 2011, 05:47 PM ISTNew York/Washington, Sept 9: Heavily-armed counter-terrorism forces were deployed in New York and high alert was sounded in the city and Washington after US officials warned of a new “credible” threat by al-Qaeda using car
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US Would Not Relent Until Al Qaeda Is Defeated: Obama
World | Aug 31, 2011, 12:24 PM ISTWashington, Aug 31: US President Barack Obama has said that the killing of Osama bin Laden is the greatest victory yet in the war against terrorism, but vowed not to relent till the time Al
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Al-Qaeda No 2 Killed In Pakistan: US Official
World | Aug 29, 2011, 04:53 PM ISTWashington, Aug 27 : Al-Qaeda's number two leader Atiyah abd al-Rahman was killed in Pakistan's Waziristan area on August 22, US officials said today, in what is seen as a major blow to the terror
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Al Qaeda Making Toxic Ricin Bombs For Mass Destruction
World | Aug 14, 2011, 03:24 PM ISTWashington, Aug 14 : American counter-terrorism officials are concerned over reports that the most dangerous regional arm of Al Qaeda is trying to produce the lethal poison ricin, to be packed around small explosives for
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Saudi Rulers Refused To Take Osama's Body
World | Aug 02, 2011, 12:34 PM ISTNew York, Aug 2: New details have emerged on how US navy SEALs gave Osama bin Laden a “blunt” sea burial to end his myth, after they killed the al-Qaeda chief during a raid in
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Letter Warns Of Al Qaeda Attacks Against Modi, Jayalalitha, Hindu Shrines
India | Jul 28, 2011, 10:55 PM ISTGuruvayoor, July 28: A letter posted from Chennai has warned of a bomb attack by the Al Qaida on two of Kerala's most popular temples - the Guruvayoor and Sree Padmanabha Swamy shrines, police said. It
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Al-Qaeda On Brink Of Collapse: Report
World | Jul 27, 2011, 01:51 PM ISTWashington, July 27: More than two months after the killing of its leader Osama bin Laden, America's counter-terrorism officials believe that al-Qaeda is on the brink of collapse.“US counter-terrorism officials are increasingly convinced that the
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UK Asks Pakistan To Move Decisively Against Al-Qaeda
World | Jul 02, 2011, 08:42 AM ISTLondon, Jul 2: UK has told Pakistan to move “decisively” against al-Qaeda following the death of the terror outfit's chief Osama bin Laden.“Now there is an opportunity to move decisively against al-Qaeda following Osama bin
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Free Bin Laden's Children, Son Asks Pak Govt
World | Jun 30, 2011, 09:21 AM ISTDoha, Qatar, Jun 30 : A son of Osama bin Laden said he is working with the United Nations to obtain his family's release from Pakistan after the US raid that killed the former al
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Obama Orders Faster Withdrawal of US Troops From Afghanistan
World | Jun 23, 2011, 02:09 PM ISTWashington, Jun 23 : Encouraged by the weakening of al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden's killing, US President Barack Obama today ordered withdrawal of all 33,000 surge troops by 2012 as part of his plan to
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Osama Killing: Pak To Set Up New Panel To Probe US Raid
World | Jun 19, 2011, 02:49 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 19: Pakistan is set to appoint a new commission to ascertain “full facts” about Osama bin Laden's presence in the country and probe the unilateral US raid that killed the al-Qaeda chief, as
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Terror Linchpin Hassan Gul Rejoins al Qaeda
World | Jun 15, 2011, 03:37 PM ISTWashington, Jun 15: The terrorist described as the linchpin in the hunt for Osama bin Laden has rejoined al-Qaida after the Bush administration released him from a secret CIA secret prison under pressure from Pakistan,
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American Treasure Hunter Begins Search For Laden's Body At Sea
World | Jun 12, 2011, 09:38 AM ISTLondon, Jun 12 : Treasure-hunter Bill Warren, of California, is reportedly launching an underwater search to find the body of former Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, The Daily Mail reported.U.S. forces say they buried
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UN Could Split Afghan Taliban, al-Qaeda Black List
World | Jun 07, 2011, 06:40 PM ISTKabul, Jun 7: The United Nations said Tuesday it is considering creating separate terrorism blacklists for al-Qaida and the Taliban, a political gesture that could spur possible Afghan peace talks.Peter Wittig, permanent representative of Germany
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Lashkar Poses Grave Threat To India: US
World | Jun 03, 2011, 01:50 PM ISTWashington, Jun 3 : Describing LeT as an al-Qaeda-like organisation, the Obama administration has said the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit, which carried out the Mumbai attacks, poses grave threat to India and could also harm the
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Pak Journo Buried; Govt Promises Probe For ISI Links
World | Jun 01, 2011, 10:16 PM ISTKarachi/Islamabad, Jun 1: Slain Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad, who was tortured to death after he wrote a report alleging that al-Qaeda had infiltrated the Pakistan Navy was today buried in Karachi after a funeral prayer,
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US Gives Pak July Deadline For North Waziristan Operation
World | Jun 01, 2011, 02:39 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 1 : The US has given Pakistan a deadline till July to launch a military offensive in the restive North Waziristan tribal region for capturing five most wanted al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, including
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Pak Journalist Saleem Shahzad Found Murdered
World | Jun 01, 2011, 01:22 PM ISTIslamabad, June 1 : Renowned Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, who had been missing since Sunday evening, was found murdered near Islamabad on Tuesday. Shahzad had exposed the role of Al Qaeda cells working in