A former Taliban diplomat said Sunday Osama bin Laden was in the southern Afghan province of Nimroz just days before U.S. forces launched an operation to arrest him.
According to The News, Naseer Ahmed Roohi, a former official in Afghanistan's fallen government, said he had information from reliable sources al Qaeda leader had been in the Siakoh mountain range straddling the southwestern Afghan provinces of Nimroz, Helmand and Pakistan's Baluchistan province.
Bin Laden, along with a few companions, shifted to an unknown area, just days before the U.S.-led operation in the area, Roohi said. (Albawaba.com)
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