Osama bin Laden is alive and well and living in comfort at a house in north-west Pakistan, it was claimed yesterday.The al-Qaeda chief is protected by locals and members of the country's intelligence services, says a senior Nato official.
It contradicts the long-held belief that he is on the run, roughing it in underground bunkers and caves as he dodges CIA drones.
"Nobody in al-Qaeda is living in a cave," the unnamed Nato official told American TV news station CNN.
He
added that Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden's second in command, was also
living in a house close by in the country's mountainous border regions.
Pakistan yesterday denied giving the Saudi-born terror chief safe haven.
A source said the allegations were designed to heap pressure on Islamabad ahead of talks in Washington over international co-operation.
Pakistan yesterday denied giving the Saudi-born terror chief safe haven.
A source said the allegations were designed to heap pressure on Islamabad ahead of talks in Washington over international co-operation.