Pakistani group denies releasing statement on meeting with Bin Laden

A Pakistani group calling itself Mujahidi al-Bader on Sunday that denied that it had released a statement saying that one of its leaders had met in Afghanistan with Osama Bin Laden last Friday.

A spokesman for the said group said in a statement in Islamabad that was sent via fax to a Reuters office that investigations were made with all media centers affiliated to the group and it was found out no such statement was released.

This statement coincided with the first anniversary of explosions at the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, which fell on August 7.