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Did Pakistan support bin Laden?
Husain Haqqani the former-Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, who earlier said both countries “cooperated in making sure” that the operation leading to bin Laden’s death was “successful”, has admitted that Osama bin laden indeed had a support system in Pakistan, albeit without the Pakistani government being privy …
Why did Osama bin Laden leave his home country?
Why did Osama bin Laden leave his home country of Saudi Arabia for Afghanistan? He wanted to help other Muslims fight against the Soviet occupation.
What did Pakistan say about Osama?
One year after Prime Minister Imran Khan described slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a “shaheed” (martyr), Pakistan’s information minister on Sunday clarified that it was a “slip of the tongue” by his boss.
What did Pakistan say about bin Laden?
Opposition leader and former Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif criticised Mr Khan, calling Bin Laden an “ultimate terrorist”. “He destroyed my nation, and [Khan] is calling him a martyr,” Mr Asif said in parliament.
How did Pakistan react to Osama?
Public. A poll conducted among educated respondents from Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad showed that 75\% of them disapproved of the U.S. operation and 66\% disbelieved that Osama Bin Laden had been killed at the compound in Abbottabad.
How did they know bin Laden in Pakistan?
American intelligence officials discovered the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden by tracking one of his couriers. Information was collected from Guantánamo Bay detainees, who gave intelligence officers the courier’s pseudonym as Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, and said that he was a protégé of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
How long was Osama in Pakistan?
five years
For five years, he had concealed himself and his extended family—wives, children and grandchildren—in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, but now it appeared that his carefully constructed hideaway was coming apart.