| Time | Location | Event | Present |
|---|
 Early 1980 |  Saudi Arabia | Osama bin Laden goes to Pakistan to fight Soviets | Osama bin Laden |
| Early 1980 | Peshawar, Pakistan | (Arrival) |
| 1985 | Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden goes to Afghanistan to fight Soviets | Osama bin Laden |
| 1987 | Afghanistan | OBL and KSM in battle together | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Osama bin Laden |
| 1988 | Pakistan | Osama lectures against Saddam Hussein | Osama bin Laden (Speaker), Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
| Aug. 11, 1988 | Afghanistan | Bin Laden and Abu Rida discuss forming al-Qaeda | Osama bin Laden, Abu Rida al Suri |
| Aug. 17, 1988 | Afghanistan | Founders meet and form al-Qaeda | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Wael Julaidan, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
| Winter 1989 | Areen Guesthouse, Paktia, Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden at Areen Guesthouse | Osama bin Laden, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Nofal al-Saudi, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
| 1990 | Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden goes to Saudi Arabia | Osama bin Laden |
| 1990 | Saudi Arabia | (Arrival) |
| 1991 | Saudi Arabia | Osama bin Laden goes to Sudan | Osama bin Laden |
| 1991 | Khartoum, Sudan | (Arrival) |
| 1991 | Offices, McNimr Street, Khartoum, Sudan | Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum | Osama bin Laden, Abu Hassan el Masry, Al Qubashi al Sudani, Shaikh Saiid al-Masri, Abdel Rahman Somali, Omar al Makkee, Motassem Sadeek Abu Sashl, Doctor Sharif al Din Ali Mukhtar, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee, Khalid Ali Waleed |
| Late 1991 | Guesthouse, Khartoum, Sudan | Al-Qaeda members meet with Shia representatives in Sudan | Osama bin Laden, Sheikh Nomani, Ahmed Abdel Rahman Hamadabi, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
| 1992 | Sudan | Osama bin Laden issues fatwah on US troops | Osama bin Laden (Speaker) |
| 1992 | Guesthouse, Sudan | Bin Laden and associates discuss Sudan businesses | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Abu Rida al Suri, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
| Early 1993 | Khartoum, Sudan | Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden | Essam al-Ridi, Wadih El Hage, Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri |
| Late 1993 | Guesthouse, Riyadh City, Khartoum, Sudan | Al-Qaeda discusses targeting US forces in Somalia | Osama bin Laden, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Abu Talha al Sudani, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
| 1994 |  Sudan | Al-Nashiri and Attash meet bin Laden | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Tawfiq bin Attash, Osama bin Laden |
| Late 1994 | Khartoum, Sudan | Bin Laden meets with Iraqi intelligence officer | Osama bin Laden |
| Summer 1995 | Khartoum, Sudan | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl steals from al-Qaeda | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee, Saad al-Sharif, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Dijana al Yemeni, Osama bin Laden, Ihsan el Madani |
| 1996 | Afghanistan | Al-Owhali meets Osama bin Laden | Osama bin Laden, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali |
| Mid 1996 | Tora Bora, Nangarhar, Afghanistan | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed proposes 9-11 to bin Laden | Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed |
| May 19, 1996 | Khartoum, Sudan | Osama bin Laden goes to Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef |
| Aug. 23, 1996 | Hindu Kush Mountains, Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden declares jihad | Osama bin Laden (Speaker) |
| Late 1996 | Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan | Nashiri meets bin Laden in Jalalabad | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Osama bin Laden |
| May 10, 1997 | Afghanistan | CNN interviews bin Laden | Osama bin Laden |
| Feb. 23, 1998 | Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden issues fatwah calling for killing Americans | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Leader) |
| May 14, 1998 | Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden issues another fatwah | Osama bin Laden |
| May 26, 1998 | Zawar Kili, Near Khost, Paktia, Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden holds press conference | Osama bin Laden (Speaker), Mohammed Atef, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, Ayman al-Zawahiri |
| May 29, 1998 | Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden speaks of Nuclear Bomb of Islam | Osama bin Laden (Speaker) |
| July 1998 | Afghanistan | Iraqi delegation meets with bin Laden | Osama bin Laden |
| Summer 1998 | Afghanistan | Bin Laden stops using satellite phone | Osama bin Laden |
| Aug. 10, 1998 | "Bin Laden Satellite Telephone", Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden satellite phone calls Yemen | Osama bin Laden (Communicant 1) |
| Late 1998 | Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden tasks al-Nashiri to attack ship | Osama bin Laden, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
| Late 1998 | Afghanistan | Bin Laden approves 9-11 operation | Osama bin Laden |
| Early February 1999 | Sheikh Ali Camp, South of Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Bin Laden reported at Sheikh Ali camp | Osama bin Laden |
| Spring 1999 | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Bin Laden meets with KSM regarding planes operation | Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mohammed Atef |
| May 1999 | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Bin Laden reported in Kandahar area | Osama bin Laden |
| June 1999 | Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden says all American males should be killed | Osama bin Laden |
| Late November 1999 | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Atta meets with bin Laden | Mohamed Atta, Osama bin Laden |
| Early December 1999 | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Binalshibh meets bin Laden | Ramzi Binalshibh, Osama bin Laden |
| Dec. 20, 1999 | Haji Habash house (governor's residence), Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Bin Laden reported in Kandahar | Osama bin Laden |
| Spring 2000 | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Nashiri and Attash meet with bin Laden on Cole plot | Osama bin Laden, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Tawfiq bin Attash |
| Mid 2000 | Al Farouq Training Camp, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Hamlan meets bin Laden | Mushabib al Hamlan, Osama bin Laden (Leader) |
| Mid 2000 | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Hamlan and Nami volunteer to bin Laden | Mushabib al Hamlan, Ahmed al-Nami, Osama bin Laden (Leader) |
| September 2000 | Afghanistan | Bin Laden calls for release of jihadi prisoners | Osama bin Laden (Speaker) |
| Late 2000 | Afghanistan | Iyman Faris meets Osama bin Laden | Iyman Faris, Osama bin Laden, Majid Khan |
| Sept. 28, 2000 | Tarnak Farms, Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Drone possibly sights bin Laden | Osama bin Laden |
| Mid October 2000 | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Al Qaeda leaders discuss Cole attack | Osama bin Laden, Saif al-Adel |
| January 2001 | Tarnak Farms, Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter | Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mohammed bin Laden |
| Spring 2001 | Al Farouq Training Camp, Afghanistan | Bin Laden praises Cole suicide bombers | Osama bin Laden |
| Late May 2001 | Compound Six, Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Binalshibh reports to bin Laden | Osama bin Laden, Ramzi Binalshibh |
| Early December 2001 | Tora Bora, Nangarhar, Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden in Tora Bora | Osama bin Laden |
| January 2003 | Near Khost, Afghanistan | Attash meets bin Laden | Osama bin Laden, Tawfiq bin Attash |
| Current | Pakistan | (Last known location) |
