IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.
Image:

World

Osama bin Laden's hiding place

/ 29 PHOTOS
Image:

Pakistani boys while demolition takes place on the compound where Osama bin Laden was slain in 2011 in the northwestern town of Abbottabad on Feb. 26, 2012.

More photos from Abbottabad one year after Osama bin Laden

Aamir Qureshi / AFP
Image: -

An aerial view shows the residential area of Abbottabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was found and killed by U.S. commandos.

Asif Hassan / AFP
Image: Aftermath of the killing of Osama Bin Laden

A general view of the town of Abbottabad, May 6. Bin Laden was living in a large house close to a military academy in this garrison town, a two-and-a-half hour-drive from the capital, Islamabad.

Khaqan Khawer / EPA
Image:

Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami rally to condemn the killing of bin Laden, in Abbottabad on May 6.

Aqeel Ahmed / AP
Image:

A Pakistani woman photographs her daughter on May , at a gate of the compound where bin Laden was caught and killed.

Aqeel Ahmed / AP
Image: Aftermath of the killing of Osama Bin Laden

School girls pass by armed Pakistani policemen guarding the sealed entrance to the compound in Abbottabad, May 5, in which bin Laden had been living.

Md Nadeem / EPA
Image: A damaged helicopter at the compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad

Part of a damaged helicopter rests in the compound after U.S. Navy SEAL commandos killed bin Laden, May 2, in a photo made available on May 4.

X01312
Image: Boys herd sheep past the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad

Boys herd sheep past the compound where U.S. Navy SEAL commandos killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad May 5.

Akhtar Soomro / X02626
Image:

Pakistani security officials arrive at the Osama bin Laden compound in Abbottabad on Wednesday, May 4.

Aamir Qureshi / AFP
Image:

Local residents gather outside a burned section of bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad.

Aamir Qureshi / AFP
Image:

A Pakistani police officer gestures at a checkpoint along a road leading to a house where bin Laden was captured and killed in Abbottabad. Area residents were still confused and suspicious about bin Laden's death, which took place before dawn on Monday.

Anjum Naveed / AP
Image:

Pakistani children look out from a high vantage point at bin Laden's compound on Tuesday, May 3.

Aqeel Ahmed / AP
Image:

Pakistan army troops remove canvas screens from outside the compound's house.

Anjum Naveed / AP
Image:

Neighbors and news media gather around the compound, right, after authorities ease security around the property.

Aqeel Ahmed / AP
Image: Satellite view of bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

A satellite image, taken June 15, 2005, shows the Abbottabad compound, center, where bin Laden was killed in on Monday.

Ho / X80001
Image: The compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was found

A Pakistani soldier secures the compound.

T. Mughal / EPA
Image: Frame grab shows compound, within which Osama bin Laden was killed, in flames after it was attacked in Abbottabad

The compound is seen in flames after it was attacked early May 2 in this still image taken from cellphone video footage.

Stringer/pakistan / X01312
Image: Part of a damaged helicopter is seen lying near the compound where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad

Part of a damaged U.S. MH-60 helicopter lies the compound. The helicopter was destroyed by U.S. forces after a mechanical failure left it unable to take off.

Stringer/pakistan / X01312
Image: This video frame grab, obtained from ABC News on May 2, 2011, shows the interior in the mansion where Osama Bin Laden was killed

A still image from video obtained by ABC News shows blood stains in the interior of the house where bin Laden was killed.

Ho / X80001
Image: Aerial views of bin Laden compound in Abbottabad Pakistan

Aerial views released by the Department of Defense show the area in Abbottabad in 2004, left, before the house was built, and in 2011, right.

Ho / X80001
Image: U.S. Department of Defense drawing of bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad Pakistan

A graphic released by the Department of Defense shows the compound where bin Laden was killed.

Ho / X80001
Image: Compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan

Pakistani soldiers and police officers patrol near the house, background, where bin Laden had lived.

Anjum Naveed / AP
Image:Compound where Osama bin Laden was living

The hideout of bin Laden is seen the day after his death.

Farooq Naeem / AFP
Image: Students look towards the compound where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed from a nearby madrasa in Abbottabad

Students look toward the compound from a nearby religious school in Abbottabad.

Faisal Mahmood / X01353
Image: Aftermath of the killing of Osama Bin Laden

Pakistani security officials survey the walls of the compound where bin Laden was killed. The outer walls were between 10 and 18 feet high.

Md Nadeem / EPA
Image:

Pakistani soldiers stand guard near the compound May 2.

Anjum Naveed / AP
Image:

Boys collect pieces of metal from a wheat field outside bin Laden's house, seen in the background, on May 3. People showed off small parts of what appeared to be a U.S. helicopter that the U.S. says malfunctioned and was blown up by the American team as it retreated.

Anjum Naveed / AP
Image: Aftermath of the killing of Osama Bin Laden

Pakistani security officials stand guard at the main entrance to the compound on May 3.

Md Nadeem / EPA
Image:

An image from video seized from the walled compound of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, and released by the U.S. Department of Defense, shows Osama bin Laden watching TV. He is said to have spent his last weeks in a house divided, amid wives riven by suspicions. On the top floor, sharing his bedroom, was his youngest wife and favorite. The trouble came when his eldest wife showed up and moved into the bedroom on the floor below.

Department of Defense
1/29