Osama bin Laden

The Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri

Rajeev Deshpande

Unlike the sensational night-time helicopter raid that ended Osama bin Laden’s career in Pakistan’s Abbottabad, Ayman al-Zawahiri met a rather tame end

The Flying Squad of Terror

Madhavankutty Pillai

10 men who played key roles in the 9/11 attacks

Spy vs Spy

Adrian Levy Cathy Scott-Clark

When the RAW put the ISI in a spot after 9/11

‘We need a book of the times we’re living in’

Shikha Kumar

Investigative journalists Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark tell Shikha Kumar about the research for their bestselling book on Osama bin Laden. A film is in the making

Man on the Run

Dhruva Jaishankar

A brisk and informative account of Osama bin Laden’s years in hiding after 9/11

Islam and the Cult of Death

Olivier Roy

Jihadism and Terrorism in the age of the Islamic State

The New Jihadi: A Portrait

S Prasannarajan

A French scholar says it is not the radicalisation of Islam but the Islamisation of radicalism. Is it so?

Nothing Medieval About Them

Jason Burke

Are Islamic terrorists, executioners of the digital age, ahead of the curve?

Hersh Controversy Over Osama bin Laden’s Killing

Open

Hersh challenges claims of Bin Laden hiding ‘in the open’ and of Pakistani Intelligence having had no clue of the US armed mission to Abottabad

Resizing Osama bin Laden

Abhijnan Rej

On the first death anniversary of the world’s most wanted man this century, it is time we asked whether his menace was blown completely out of proportion