Documents seized in the May 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden reveal his struggle to regain the trust of his followers and his preoccupation with mistakes made by al Qaeda and its allies. Selected documents were released by the US Army Thursday.
US President Barack Obama made a surprise trip to Afghanistan on Monday. There, he met troops, signed a deal with the government and marked the first anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. During a televised address from Bagram Air Force Base, he outlined his strategy to wind down the increasingly unpopular war.
But he's already facing criticism for using the trip - and bin Laden's death - as a political ploy and stepping stone for his re-election bid.
Marc Perelman speaks to Graham Allison. He is the author of an inside account of how Barack Obama took the decision to send US Special Forces into Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden, exactly one year ago. The piece was published in Time Magazine, and is drawn from hundreds of hours of interviews with top officials.
A year on from the death of Osama Bin Laden - has Obama gone too far in trying to gain political benefit from it? And does al Qaeda still pose a threat to the West?
On May 2nd 2011, al Qaeda's leader and charismatic founder was killed in a raid carried out by the US military. Osama Bin Laden had been hiding for 5 years just yards away from Pakistan's most prestigious military school. It was a victory over terrorism for President Obama, but an insult which is hard to forgive for the Pakistani army. An inquiry launched by the Pakistani government has yet to make its findings public.
A Taliban suicide attack on foreign targets in Kabul killed at least six people on Wednesday, shortly after US President Barack Obama spoke of an end to the country's long war during a surprise visit on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death.
One year after al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a US raid, analysts say the global terror threat is far from eradicated. FRANCE 24 spoke with Anne Giudicelli, an expert in international terrorism, for further insight.
In today's pick of the international press, we look at how the case of an escaped dissident could throw a spanner into US/China relations - and the state of al-Qaeda, one year after the death of Bin Laden.
Pakistan deported 14 members of Osama bin Laden’s family, including his three widows, to Saudi Arabia early Friday. Several of the late al Qaeda leader's relatives had been in Pakistani custody since he died in a May 2011 raid by US forces.
A Pakistani court sentenced Osama bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters to 45 days in prison on Monday for living in the country illegally. The court ordered them to be deported following their imprisonment, their lawyer told reporters.
