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Osama in Pak-Afghan border area: Rashid

LAHORE: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said the persons detained in the Wana operation are being investigated only by Pakistani intelligence agencies and no foreign agency is involved in it.

In an interview, he said it would be pre-mature to say anything about the arrest of the son of Ayman-al-Zawahri. He said operation was being conducted against foreign terrorists. He said if the terrorists surrendered to the government, they would not be handed over to any other government.

Responding to a question, Sheikh Rashid said Osama bin Laden and Ayman-al-Zawahri were in Afghanistan or in the area of Pak-Afghan border. About the presence of US helicopters in Pakistani territory, he said Pak-Afghan border was very complicated and any coincidence could happen.

According to Sana News, American intelligence officials had claimed Osama and his close associate Zawahri had gone back to Afghanistan after the operation was started in Waziristan.

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