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Pakistan says bin Laden probably in Afghanistan

Pakistan said that Osama bin Laden was likely to be in Afghanistan, rejecting a reported claim by Kabul’s foreign minister that the Al-Qaeda chief is hiding in Pakistani territory. In the latest verbal salvo between the neighbours and allies in the US-led “war on terror”, Islamabad dismissed criticism by new Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta of its attempts to catch Bin Laden. “Nobody knows where Osama bin Laden is. If he is alive the chances are that he might be in Afghanistan but we cannot say for sure,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said when asked about Spanta’s comments. Full Story