US forces kill Osama Bin Laden

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Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces in Pakistan, President Barack Obama has said. Bin Laden was shot dead at a compound near Islamabad, in a ground operation based on US intelligence, the first lead for which emerged last August. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Haroon Rashid in Islamabad.

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