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11 September 2001: The Manhattan skyline after al-Qaeda flew planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre. Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower at 8.46am and Flight 175 struck the South Tower at 9.03am, killing 2 606 people. Photo: Michel Setboun/Corbis/Getty Images

What difference did 9/11 make to the United States?

When the next terrorist attacks come, will US presidents be able to channel public demand for revenge by precise targeting, explaining the trap that terrorists set, and focusing…

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Afghanistan’s 48-year history of uncertainty

Counter-insurgency and foreign interference foment extremism and rarely achieve peace

Keep out: Migrants climb over a border wall into the United States from Mexico. (Leah Millis/Reuters)

Identity politics is about our quest for recognition

The rapid changes in the political and economic landscape have seen people around the world losing their sense of dignity and thus their identity

Samantha Lewthwaite is wanted by Kenya over terror plot allegations after she entered the country with a South African passport – believed to be forged – under the name Natalie Faye Webb.

‘White Widow’ writes love poem to Osama bin Laden

Investigators have discovered a poem written by British terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite, addressed to deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Osama bin Laden poster.

Ten things about the Bin Laden report

The "Bin Laden report" is the result of an investigation by a commission appointed by the Pakistan government into the slaying of Osama bin Laden.

In this sketch of Ibrahim al-Qosi

Bin Laden’s cook returns from Guantanamo Bay

The former cook of slain al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has returned to his native Sudan after his release from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

US analysts believe that Osama Bin Laden wrote: ‘You may find it suitable to target Americans in South Africa

SA was high on Bin Laden’s hit list

Even though the al-Qaeda boss is dead, South Africa could still be targeted for attacks, new documents show.

Bin Laden no ‘puppet master’

New documents show that Osama bin Laden was not the "puppet master" of jihadi groups around the world and complained of what he called "incompetence".

Death of Bin Laden was the end of al-Qaeda – officials

Nearly a year after a US raid killed Osama bin Laden, his core al-Qaeda network in Pakistan is "essentially gone" say US intelligence officials.

Bin Laden’s family deported from Pakistan

Osama bin Laden’s family is expected to be deported from Pakistan on Wednesday, 11 months after the US raid that killed the al-Qaeda kingpin.

Bin Laden’s widows to be deported out of Pakistan

Bin Laden’s widows to be deported out of Pakistan

A court in Pakistan has ordered that Osama bin Laden’s three widows and two daughters be deported out of the country after illegally living there.

Bin Laden fathered four children while in hiding

Osama bin Laden fathered four children as he hid out in Pakistan after the 9/11 attacks, his youngest wife has told interrogators.

Bin Laden’s killers end Somalia hostage drama

The commandos who swept into Somalia to rescue two hostages were part of Seal team six — the same navy unit that killed Osama bin Laden.

Bin Laden’s death takes top spot in news story of 2011

Bin Laden’s death takes top spot in news story of 2011

An Associated Press poll shows the killing of Osama bin Laden was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan’s earthquake/tsunami disaster.

The narcissism of 9/11

The decade since the terror attacks in the US has been filled with needless destruction — but no revenge.

Pakistan ‘gave China access’ to downed US helicopter

Pakistan let Chinese engineers photograph and take samples from the US helicopter that was left behind when special forces killed Osama bin Laden.

White House rejects claim about Bin Laden raid film

Filmmakers producing a film about the US special forces raid that killed Osama bin Laden are getting help from the Pentagon.

Pakistan spy chief’s visit to US ‘went very well’

Rifts between the United States and Pakistan over the Osama bin Laden killing have been mended during CIA meetings in Washington.

Was al-Qaeda drifting off brand? Bin Laden thought so

Was al-Qaeda drifting off brand? Bin Laden thought so

Osama bin Laden was so worried about al-Qaeda’s image that he proposed changing the group’s name to improve its "brand", a US official has revealed.

Bin Laden’s death takes top spot in news story of 2011

Cellphone ‘links Bin Laden to Pakistan spies’

A cellphone used by Osama bin Laden’s courier appears to show he was aided by militants linked to Pakistani intelligence, it has been reported.