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Article: Taliban to Hand Over Bin Laden if U.S. Shows Strong Evidence
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- October 14, 2001
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EDS: 1st lead
CAIRO, October 14 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said
on Sunday that it will hand over Osama bin Laden to a third
countryif the United States provides "strong evidence" to prove the
Saudi-born billionaire has been involved in last month's anti-U.S.
terrorattacks.
The announcement, issued by a spokesman of the Taliban regime,
was aired by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera Television, which often
offers exclusive news reports about the Taliban in the wake of U.S.-
led ...