Bin Laden is reported to have escaped from Tora Bora as early as on November 19 and is hiding in the Bajaur area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, according to information received from interrogation of Al-Qaeda functionaries by US intelligence agencies. Taliban ex-Emir Mulla Mohammad Omar crossed into Pakistan on December 6 and is stated to be in Gilgit area. Bin Laden was being given shelter in Bajaur by the men of one Sufi Mohammad, chief of 'Tariq-e-Nifaz Shariat Mohammadi'. Mohammad, who had fought alongside Taliban in Kunduz area, was arrested on November 22 by Pakistan when he tried to sneak in through mountain passes.
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