Bin Laden is in Chitral region of Pakistan near Afghan border

AFP:

A top Afghan intelligence official said on Tuesday his agency received information several months ago that al-Qaeda figurehead Osama bin Laden is hiding in northern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.

The official told Agence France-Presse that bin Laden was said to be in a mountainous region in Chitral, a Pakistani region facing Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar.

Pakistani officials have in the past said that the world's most wanted man was hiding in Kunar, a claim strongly rejected by Kabul.

"We've received new information that he is hiding in Chitral. We got the information about his presence in that area about four, five months ago," the Afghan intelligence official said.

US authorities have previously also said that the fugitive al-Qaeda chief had taken refuge in Chitral and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar is also in Pakistan's tribal areas.

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I am speculating that this is probably the K2 mountain area referred to in a post yesterday. With this much attention focused on his location int he news in succeeding days, perhaps there is a move a foot to capture him. On the other hand, it could just be that Pakistan authorities are trying to divert attention from their agreement with the Taliban terrorist who have pledge to continue their war in Afghanistan. If Pakistan was serious about fighting terrorism it would have no objection to an American attempt to capture bin Laden.

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