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Peshawar: Top Taliban military commander Mulla Dadullah Akhund has claimed that Al Qaida founder Osama Bin Laden was alive.
Talking to The News from an undisclosed location, he said there was no truth in reports that Bin Laden died from typhoid in Pakistan in August. "Shaikh Osama is alright. He is safe," Dadullah maintained.
There was no way to verify Dadullah's claim.
In the past also, Dadullah issued statements to the effect that Bin Laden and Taliban leader Mulla Mohammad Omar were alive and leading the resistance against US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan.
When pressed for evidence to show that Bin Laden was alive, Dadullah hinted that there was a possibility of a tape being sent to media organisations to prove that the Al Qaida head wasn't dead. However, he declined to say as to when such a tape would be made available.
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