In Photos: Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden holds a press conference in this 1998 file photo in Khost, Afghanistan. A year after the U.S. raid that killed bin Laden, al-Qaeda is hobbled and huntedb ut the terrorist network still dreams of payback, and U.S. counterterrorist officials warn that, in time, its offshoots may deliver. Mazhar Ali Kha/AP Photo