Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is not hiding inside Afghanistan, said the Afghan cabinet minister.
Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasoul on Sunday denied having any knowledge of the terrorist leader’s whereabouts, saying, “ Bin Laden is not in Afghanistan, because if he was in Afghanistan, he would have been found by now.”
“I don't know where is he, but he is not in Afghanistan and I can assure you that,” Rasoul was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
The Afghan minister said his country was engaged in close discussions with Pakistan in order to reach a solution to combat terrorism, because Pakistan, in his view, was also a target for terrorist operations.