‘Osama is a step ahead of foes’

Published October 22, 2001

GULBOHAR, Oct 21: The United States will need more than air strikes and commandos to find Osama bin Laden, a senior Afghan opposition figure who has dealt with the world’s most wanted man said on Sunday.

“He never sleeps. He moves around all the time. Even if we recapture eastern Afghanistan, he can move into the forests and the mountains,” Haji Abdul Qadir, a former governor of the eastern province of Nangahar told AFP.

“He does not have a small organisation. Where he is now — only God knows.”—AFP

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