Islamabad, Oct 7 : A Pakistani doctor accused of running a phoney vaccination programme for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), to help track down Osama bin Laden, should be put on trial for high treason, an inquiry commission set up by the Pakistan Government has said.

Islamabad, Oct 1 : A Taliban plot to rescue killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden''s youngest widow from custody in Pakistan has reportedly been foiled.

According to the Sun, terror chief Mullah Omar ordered 500 men to raid a safe house in Pakistan where Amal Abdulfattah was being interrogated with two other wives of bin Laden.

The former head of British intelligence said on Tuesday that the decision to use military force in Iraq in 2003 gave Osama bin Laden the jihad he looking for.

London is examining its role in the Iraq war from the planning stages in 2001 to the end of British combat operations in 2009.

London's Guardian newspaper has reported that Eliza Manningham-Buller, who led British intelligence agency MI5 from 2002-07, told the London inquiry into the Iraq war Tuesday that the Iraqi invasion was a propaganda victory for al-Qaida.

London, Jan. 22 : Al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden''s fourth son, Omar, has told the Rolling Stones magazine in an interview that his father is worth more to the United States alive than dead because his death could unleash “very, very nasty” attacks by militants.

The interview, which was conducted in part in a Damascus strip club, saw Omar saying that his father had already won the War on Terror because he had achieved his aim of humbling the US and would probably not feel the need to launch more big attacks.

According to The Times, he also described US President Barack Obama’s decision to increase troop numbers in Afghanistan as a big mistake that would damage the US economy.

Damascus, Jan 6 : Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's youngest son arrived in Damascus last month after spending eight years in Iran, the regional daily al-Sharq al-Awsat reported Wednesday.

Omar bin Laden told the London-based daily that his 16-year-old brother, Bakr, arrived in Damascus on Christmas Eve.

"It was a joyful moment for the family ... but the joy will not be complete until all my siblings arrive safely from the Iranian capital," Omar was quoted as saying.

London, Jan 3 - Saudi Arabia has asked Iran to repatriate one of the daughters of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to the kingdom after she fled house arrest and sought refuge at its embassy in Tehran.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said Saturday his government was in talks with Iran over freeing the fugitive leader's 17-year-old daughter Iman, the BBC reported.

London, Dec 23 : Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's closest family members have been found living in a secret compound in Iran, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

They include a wife and six children who disappeared from his Afghan camp at the time of the 9/11 attacks, The Times reported, quoting other relatives.

Also in the group are 11 grandchildren. All the relatives have been kept in a high-security compound outside Tehran and prevented from contacting the outside world.

London, Dec 7 : Taliban warlords have claimed that Al-Qaida chief Osama Bin Laden has fled Pakistan into Afghanistan, as the former stepped up its military campaign on its lawless border area.

Supporting his claim, Qari Hussain, wanted for training suicide bombers, said that he had met Osama in Quetta near the Afghan border.

“He recently left for Afghanistan. The military operation left him with no choice,” The Sun quoted Hussain, as saying.

London, Nov 30 : Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Monday that Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was not in Pakistan and that any information about his whereabouts should be passed on to the government.

"If anyone has information about the presence of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, then it must be shared with our government. We would take action," he told reporters here.

The statement was in response to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Sunday attacking the Pakistani leadership in exasperated tones, demanding that it "take out" Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman Zawahiri.

London, Nov 19 : The son Osama bin Laden favoured to carry on his work says he would like to work for the United Nations instead -- as a peace campaigner.

In a magazine interview published Thursday following launch of a book about him, Omar bin Laden - the fourth eldest son of the Al Qaeda leader - also reveals an abortive bid by his father to get him to take up arms.

New York, Oct. 12 : After years of hiding and social oztracisation, the wife and son of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden have come out with a no-holes barred book that reveals quite candidly the harsh life the family led under the gaze and zealous Islamic authority of the terror kingpin.

Islamabad, Oct 7 : US may know the whereabouts of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Wednesday.

Talking to newspersons in Washington, Qureshi said US troops equipped with state of the art technology and weapons were present in the region.

"US may be aware of the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden," The News International quoted Qureshi as saying.

He asserted that Pakistan-Afghanistan relations will further improve. (IANS)

Frankfurt, Sep. 26 : Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has issued a threat against European countries, asking them to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan, or else get ready to face Madrid and London like bombings.

In a video posted on Islamic militant websites, Osama's warning, though addressed to Europeans generally, seemed to be directed at Germany, since it had both English and German subtitles and the timing coincides with the country's parliamentary elections.

New York, Sep 20 : The cornered and weakened Osama bin Laden is just months away from being captured or killed, a terrorism expert has predicted.

The Daily Star quoted Al-Qaida expert Peter Bergen as saying: “Bin Laden will be captured or killed.”

According to experts, the 52-year-old al-Qaida chief is on the run with less power than ever before.

“Laden is trapped in the mountains of Pakistan’s tribal areas. He is stripped of any power, unable to communicate on the phone for fear of being overheard by US eavesdroppers and he is forever on the run,” experts were quoted by the report, as saying.

Washington  - A purported new message from al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has appeared on an Islamist website which has been used for such messages in the past, according to the US Intel-Center which monitors such websites.

It said the audio message, lasting 11 minutes and 20 seconds, was addressed to the American people and was accompanied by a still picture of bin Laden. There was no proof that the voice on the message was truly that of bin Laden.

Islamabad, Sep 14 : Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has said that US President Barack Obama is "powerless" to stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a transcript of a tape released by the terrorist organization''s media wing.

Al Qaeda''s As-Sahab Media released a video featuring a still image of Osama and audio statement entitled "A statement to the American people," said the organisation IntelCenter.

Lahore, Sep. 10 : A former Pakistani spymaster has revealed that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif maintained a close relationship with Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and claimed that the chieftain had sponsored the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief’s election campaign in 1988.

Former Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officer Khalid Khawaja said bin Laden not only funded Sharif’s campaign, but also paid him huge money to ensure protection of Al Qaeda operatives inside Pakistan and to ‘Islamise’ the state and society.

Kabul  - The democratization of Afghanistan, despite its flaws, has been successful. For the second time since the overthrow of the Taliban regime, the population is to elect a new president on August 20.

But the most important aim of the 2001 US-led invasion of the war-torn country has still not been achieved. Almost eight years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, the Americans have not managed to track down Osama bin Laden, the head of al-Qaeda.

Islamabad, July 31 : Pakistan has rejected reports that Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin-Laden is hiding inside the country's geographical boundaries.

"There is no evidence that Osama Bin Laden is present in Pakistan and claims of his presence in the country should be substantiated with actionable proof," Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said.

New York, July 28 : Rahimullah Yousafzai, the only reporter to interview Osama bin Laden still believes the head of the Al Qaeda terror network is alive, even though many, including Pakistan's late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto have or had pronounced him dead in separate interviews post 9/11.

According to CBS, Al Qaeda has issued more than 60 messages since 9/11.