Political rivals took aim at Pakistan's leaders on Monday over the killing of Osama bin Laden, compounding US pressure over the al Qaeda leader's hideout, as the prime minister prepared to address parliament on the crisis for the first time.
US President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the Pakistani government to investigate what kind of support Osama bin Laden might have in the country.
Anyone who questions whether the United States should have killed Osama bin Laden needs to have their head examined, President Barack Obama said in remarks broadcast on Sunday.
The United States wants access to Osama bin Laden's three widows and any intelligence material its commandos left behind at the al-Qaida leader's compound, a top American official said.
Osama bin Laden benefitted from "some sort of support network" inside Pakistan, US President Barack Obama said in a Sunday broadcast interview.
Intelligence experts will mine the secrets of Osama bin Laden as they sort through a trove of material seized during the deadly raid on his Pakistan compound. The documents have already shown the world's most wanted terrorist was actively involved in planning and directing al-Qaida's plots.
As US investigators comb through a treasure trove of computer data and documents seized from Osama bin Laden's home, Pakistani officials face a more domestic task: What to do with three of the slain terrorist leader's wives and eight of his children.
The world's most wanted man watched newscasts of himself from a tiny television perched atop a rickety old desk cluttered with wires. On Saturday, the US released a handful of videos, selected to show bin Laden in a much more candid, unflattering light.
The compound in Pakistan where US forces killed Osama bin Laden was an active command center from which he directed al Qaida, a senior intelligence official said on Saturday as he released videos showing bin Laden watching himself on tape and rehearsing speeches.
The Taliban outfit fighting Afghan and NATO forces in a statement released to media on Saturday said the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will further serve to increase morale in insurgents and encourage them in war against US and NATO forces.
Materials recovered by US commandos from Osama bin Laden's hide-out in Pakistan show that before his death, the militant leader was still closely involved in activities of al Qaida militants, according to three US government officials.
US President Barack Obama, basking in US public approval for the killing of Osama bin Laden, flew to a military base in Kentucky on Friday to thank special forces who carried out the deadly raid and led a rally filled with cheering troops.