- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters)
- Pakistan has yet to receive direct evidence linking Saudi-born fugitive
Osama bin Laden to the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington,
the Foreign Ministry said after a meeting between the U.S. ambassador and
Pakistan's president Tuesday.
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- U.S. Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin discussed the status
of the investigation with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, Foreign
Ministry spokesman Riaz Mohammad Khan told a news conference.
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- ``The U.S. ambassador did meet the president today, and
she informed the President about the status of the investigations,'' e
said.
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- ``We have yet to receive any detailed evidence with regard
to persons responsible for the horrendous acts ... and their linkages with
al Qaeda (and) Osama bin Laden,'' he said.
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- The United States blames Saudi-born fugitive bin Laden
-- who lives as a guest of Afghanistan's Taliban -- for the attacks and
has vowed to track him down and punish his protectors. ___
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- US Provides Evidence Against Bin Laden
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- Islamabad (IANS) - The U.S. has provided Pakistan with
evidence linking Saudi renegade Osama bin Laden to the terror strikes of
September 11, Online news agency quoted official sources as saying.
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- U.S. ambassador Wendy Chamberlain provided the evidence
during her meeting Tuesday with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
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- "Chamberlain provided some of the substantiated
evidences to General Musharraf on the alleged involvement of Osama bin
Laden in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon,"
the sources said.
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- "A whole range of issues were discussed, including
evidence against Osama bin Laden, but no documentary evidence was shared,"
the sources said.
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- Chamberlain presented "authentic proof" about
how the terror attacks had been masterminded by bin Laden and about the
involvement of his Al-Qaida network in the bombings, the sources said.
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- Chamberlain told Musharraf that the evidence on bin Laden
was being shared with Pakistan to make Islamabad's support more effective
and substantive in the war against terrorism.
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- A foreign office spokesman, meanwhile, refuted suggestions
that Pakistan was playing off the various parties in the Afghan issue against
each other.
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- "We want national reconciliation, peace and stability
in Afghanistan and that would not be changed. Pakistan is not engaged in
placing one person or other in Afghanistan," Riaz Muhammad Khan told
mediapersons.
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- "We want a government that is acceptable to all
the population in Afghanistan and vital for the region. Pakistan has conveyed
to the Taliban about the International community's concerns. They have
to act rapidly because time is running out of their hands," Khan said.
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- "We would not restrict diplomatic ties with Afghanistan,
as it is the only way to address the issue," he said.
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- Responding to a question, he said that three pilots of
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), who had been detained and investigated
in the wake of the terror strikes, had now been released.
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- The pilots were in the U.S. for training and would now
continue with this in Europe, Khan said.
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