Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and Taliban supremo Mulla Mohammad Omar are not in southwestern Pakistan, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yusuf told top US diplomat Richard Boucher on Thursday.Boucher, US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday and travelled to Quetta for talks with local officials. Afghan officials and some NATO commanders have alleged that Taliban leaders are based in the provincial capital and are using outposts in Pakistan to launch cross-border attacks on Afghan and international troops.
“There is no Taliban headquarters in Balochistan, nor are the Taliban chiefs Mullah Mohammad Omar and Osama bin Laden in Balochistan,” Chief Minister Yusuf told Boucher, according to an official statement.
Pakistan has repeatedly denied the presence of Osama bin Laden or Mullah Omar in its territory