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| Afghanistan |
| Paks fail to persuade Mullah Omar |
| 2001-09-17 |
Senior Pakistani officials have failed to persuade the Taliban's reclusive leader Mullah Mohammad Omar to hand over Saudi-born terror suspect Osama bin Laden to avert U.S. armed retaliation, the AIP news agency said. The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press quoted Taliban spokesman Abdul Hai Mutamaen saying on Monday that over three hours of talks between the sides had not resolved the key issue of turning over the multi-millionaire Islamic militant accused of involvement in the terror attacks on the United States. "The meeting looked in detail at the aspects of the problem. The talks were positive but I cannot give the details," Mutamaen said. "We are 60 percent hopeful that conditions will be normal." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |