Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:32am on 25 Oct 2025,Saturday International
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou has revealed that Osama bin Laden narrowly escaped capture at Tora Bora, Afghanistan, by disguising himself as a woman. The U.S. military had reportedly cornered bin Laden and ordered him to surrender, but he requested time until dawn to evacuate women and children. The translator conveying his message was later identified as an al-Qaeda operative embedded within U.S. forces. Exploiting this delay, bin Laden fled under the cover of darkness in a pickup truck, ultimately crossing into Pakistan, highlighting a critical operational oversight during the 2001 manhunt. (PC: NDTV)
