ISLAMABAD, July 9: Refuting the claim by the Afghan defence minister that Al Qaeda leaders were likely to be present in Pakistan, the Foreign Office on Saturday said no one knows about the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden or his deputy and they could be anywhere including Afghanistan.

“They (Al Qaeda leaders) could be anywhere in the world, including Afghanistan,” Foreign Office Spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani said, while commenting on the statement of Afghan Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak.

The spokesman said what is more important is the efforts being made by Pakistan in fighting international terrorism.

Wardai in a statement on Saturday said Osama, his deputy Ayman Al-Zawahiri and Taliban leader Mullah Omer were “continuously moving and do not stay in one place for a long time, but it is more likely they are on the other side of the border”.—APP