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Article: Taliban offers Bin Laden deal
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- September 18, 2001
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AFGHANISTAN today declared a holy war against the United States
as the ruling Taliban laid down its terms for the possible handover
of terror suspect Osama Bin Laden.
Afghanistan has stalled over US demands that Bin Laden be
extradited. But, according to Pakistan sources who have been
involved in talks to broker a peace deal ahead of expected US
reprisals, an agreement could be possible under certain conditions.
However, before it was even considered, the Taliban would demand
international recognition, a lifting of UN sanctions imposed on the
country and cash aid.
And they said they would only be prepared to consider handing
over Bin Laden were he to be extradited to a neutral Islamic ...