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LONDON, Nov 20: Pakistani troops missed capturing Osama bin Laden by just 30 minutes, a British newspaper, The News of the World, reported on Sunday. According to the newspaper, the Pakistani embassy in London confirmed the information and quoted it as saying, “We think we missed him (bin Laden) by 30 minutes. It was the closest we have been since 2001.” When contacted, Director General ISPR, Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan told Dawn by phone from Islamabad, “It was not this year but last year.” In reply to a question if President Musharraf had told an American journalist details of the...

OSAMA bin Laden's supporters say the al-Qaeda leader is dead. Shahid Ayan, who was hiding in Afghanistan's Tora Bora mountains with bin Laden during United States air raids in December, said the terrorist chief died 10 months ago. "Yes, Osama bin Laden is dead, but the jihad will continue until Judgment Day," he told United Arab Emirates newspaper Al Bayan. Shahid said that late on December 10 – "the 24th night of Ramadan" – there were "some scary explosions" in the area where bin Laden's cave was located. "The cave was completely erased from the ground and became nothing," he...