
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has released 470,000 additional files seized in the 2011 US raid on a Pakistani compound that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo said, the release of recovered al-Qaeda letters, videos, audio files and other materials provides the opportunity for the American people to gain further insights into the plans and workings of the terrorist organisation.
At the direction of President Donald Trump, the CIA put these files online which were seized in May 2011 when US Navy SEALs burst into the Abbottabad compound and shot dead Laden.
The documents also revealed that Osama bin Laden closely followed developments in Kashmir and the trial of Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case.
The CIA, however, withheld release of nearly two dozen videos due to some copyright issue.
