Share proof, Pak. tells U.S.

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD, OCT. 2. The U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Ms. Wendy J. Chamberlin, today called on the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, and discussed a whole range of issues, including evidence against Osama in the September 11 incidents.

The Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman, Mr. Riaz Mohammad Khan, told newspersons that the U.S. envoy exchanged views on the ``latest situation'' and said Islamabad hoped that Washington would share evidence about the involvement of Osama and his associates in the September 11 attacks. ``Once they have some kind of conclusive evidence, we hope it will be shared with us,'' he said.

On the reported NATO announcement that the U.S. had furnished necessary proof that the Al-Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden, was behind the attacks, Mr. Khan said Pakistan had yet to receive any details on the probe. ``So far we have not received any detailed information relating to evidence. NATO may have very special relations with the U.S., after all the U.S. is part of NATO, we are not. We hope that if... there is conclusive evidence, that will be shared with us, but not only us, internationally,'' Mr. Khan said.

An AP report from Brussels today said the U.S. had given its NATO allies clear evidence that ``conclusively'' linked Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda network to the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

The NATO Secretary-General, Lord Robertson, said that in response, the alliance dropped the only condition on invoking Article 5 of its Charter, which stated that an attack on one member was an attack on all.

Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Section  : Front Page
Previous : Time running out for Taliban: Blair
Next     : Advani to visit Srinagar today