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Afghan militants must be tackled before bin Laden: US

Coalition forces in Afghanistan have not lost sight of Osama bin Laden but their current priority is to combat insurgent groups inspired by the Al-Qaeda chief, a US military official has said. “Bin Laden has never fallen off our scope, neither has his lieutenant (Ayman al-) Zawahiri,” said Chief Master Sergeant Curtis Brownhill, a senior advisor to General John Abizaid, the US commander in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Full Story