US - Bin Laden

US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Karl Inderfurth told the US Senate Appropriations Committee on Foreign Operations that exiled Saudi Osama Bin Laden remains in Afghanistan, although the Taleban had reported that they did not know Bin Laden's whereabouts. "Despite hollow protestations that Osama Bin Laden is ‘missing,' there is no evidence he has left Afghanistan. Our experts and other informed observers believe he remains in Taleban-controlled territory," Inderfurth said.