Osama alive, but elusive.

(From The Statesman (India))

Associated Press London, Mar. 1: Osama bin Laden is alive and in contact with leaders of Afghanistans Taliban insurgents, a senior Taliban commander said in an interview aired on British television. Mr Mullah Dadullah said he had not met bin Laden since the fall of the Taliban regime after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. He said the Al-Qaida leader, believed to be hiding near the Afghan border in northwest Pakistan, met outsiders rarely. Only his comrades see him; we exchange messages with each other to share plans, Mr Dadullah said in an interview broadcast yesterday by Channel 4 News. We also go to the battlefield together. …