There are only the hens left.
Just 1,300 meters from Pakistan’s prestigious Military Academy, where the country’s best officers are trained, is the location of the Waziristan Haveli – also known as the Osama bin Laden compound.
Today, only a car and chickens are left roaming the land where the 9/11 terrorist leader once lived. This video, taken surreptitiously by a passer-by, shows how Bin Laden practically lived under the noses of the military: the journey between his compound and the academy takes only 22 seconds.
As The Post reported last week, Peter L. Bergen’s new book “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden” (Simon & Schuster) details how bin Laden was captured because of his family stretching out their clothes. to dry up, ”“ Bin Laden sent his bodyguard, Ibrahim Saeed Ahmed abd al-Hamid, to buy land, hire an architect and build a fortress large enough to house the family in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Comprised of a main house and several other houses, as well as an adjacent grazing area for cows, chickens and a buffalo, the original havelli also had a deep water well, so occupants never had to leave for food or water.
The three-story main structure had four bedrooms on the first floor and four more on the second, with one bathroom for each of the dorms. The top floor contained a bedroom, a bathroom, an office and a terrace used by bin Laden.
America’s most wanted man has lived here, next to the academy, for more than five years with his four wives, as well as children and bodyguards. The notorious hideout was raided in the wee hours of May 2, 2011, nearly 10 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks. During the raid, US Navy seals killed the terrorists and found a cache of readers of ‘computers.
In February 2012, the Pakistani government demolished the mansion to prevent the Mujahedin from commemorating it and turning it into an evil place of pilgrimage.
“It was a stain on our country – a huge embarrassment. It’s good that it’s gone, ”a Pakistani man told The Post.
