Kabul claims Osama in neighbourhood

Published July 17, 2003

BRUSSELS, July 16: Al Qaeda mastermind Osama Bin Laden is probably hiding in Afghanistan’s neighbourhood, Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah said on Wednesday.

“Osama is outside Afghanistan but likely still in the neighbourhood,” Abdullah told reporters in obvious reference to persistent reports that the world’s most wanted terrorist is sheltering in the mountains of northern Pakistan.—AFP