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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (41911)12/8/2001 3:36:28 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
Commander Hazrat Ali and his men were closing in on the world's most wanted man and his hardcore al-Qaeda fighters holed up in the caves of this rugged snow-capped region in eastern Afghanistan.Osama bin Laden is hiding in the mountains of Tora Bora and local fighters expect to hunt him down in a matter of days.According to reports, Mullah Muhammad Akhtar, an anti-Taliban Pashtun commander, has occupied Spin Boldak that is 10 km from Chaman.

According to initial reports, about 3,000 to 4,000 al-Qaeda troops were believed to be hiding in Tora Bora caves in Koh-i-Sufaid or White Mountain range prompting US and anti-Taliban Afghan commanders to launch a joint attack.
The local council comprising Haji Abdul Qadeer, the Governor of Nangarhar, Commander Hazrat Ali and Commander Haji Zaman decided to launch an attack once the ultimatum to surrender expired.