Hamid Mir
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Hamid Mir is a Pakistani journalist, columnist, political writer, and a national security expert. Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers. He has hosted the political talk show
Mir in 2026
Mir interviewing al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 1997
Mir with the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair
Hamid Mir doing a talk show outside Islamabad Press Club
Osama bin Laden
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Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his killing in 2011. A Salafi jihadist, bin Laden worked to establish a pan-Islamist caliphate
Hamid Mir
…stand for press freedom and human rights. Born in Lahore to a journalistic family, Mir is one of the few journalists in the world to have interviewed Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks along with Tayseer Allouni. During his career, Mir has also interviewed various world leaders which includes former UN…
Bin Laden, c. 1997–1998
Muhammad bin Ladin, Osama's father
Entrance to the Dubai headquarters of the Saudi Binladin Group
Al-Aqsa in East Jerusalem