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Tag: Osama bin Laden

Decoupling Afghanistan from Pakistan - 03 June 2011 - Opinion

Gauri Khandekar argues that Europeans must cease to look at relations with Pakistan through the prism of the Afghan War.

Russia: Most Arab regimes 'overstayed their luck' - 10 May 2011 - News

Russia, a traditional ally of many Arab regimes that are being ousted by democratic revolutions, claims its diplomats "saw the changes coming" and that most of the autocratic regimes had in fact "overstayed their luck".

The Death of Bin Laden: A European perspective - 06 May 2011 - Opinion

The killing of an unarmed Osama Bin Laden by US forces in Pakistan violated America's democratic and legal principles as well as religious values, argues legal expert Andreas Geiger.

Teacher: At Tora Bora, ‘beautiful flowers will bloom’ - 04 May 2011 - Interview

Instead of suicide bombers, it is possible to groom "nurses, teachers, beautiful housewives and good husbands" at Tora Bora, one of the "scariest" areas of Afghanistan and where Osama Bin Laden was long thought to be hiding, Mina Wali, founder of a private school in the disadvantaged area, told EurActiv in an interview.

After Bin Laden, 'a new hope' for Afghanistan - 04 May 2011 - News

For people in the region of Tora Bora in Afghanistan, Osama Bin Laden was a hero. Now that he is gone, there should be "change", argues Mina Wali, founder of a private school in the disadvantaged area.

Bin Laden's death and the implications for jihadism - 03 May 2011 - Opinion

The death of Osama Bin Laden represents a significant victory for the United States and its European allies. However, it will have little effect on Al-Qaida's "leaderless" model for terrorism, nor does it resolve the continuing serious difficulties in Pakistan, argues security analyst Scott Stewart.

EU countries tighten security after Bin Laden's death - 03 May 2011 - News

While welcoming the death of Osama Bin Laden, many European countries yesterday (2 May) have heightened security amid fears of retaliatory attacks.

EU hails death of 'heinous criminal' Bin Laden - 02 May 2011 - News

EU leaders today (2 May) hailed the demise of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, who was killed in a firefight with US forces in Pakistan. His death marks the end of a decade-long hunt for the mastermind of the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.

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