'Al-Qaeda bio-warfare unit hit'

NEW DELHI, OCT. 11. A production facility for poisonous chemicals and biological warfare agents belonging to terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda outfit is among a large number of targets hit by the U.S.-led strikes in Afghanistan, an Israeli newspaper reported today.

``Apparently, one of Osama's bases attacked, which manufactured various poisons including biological weapons,'' was hit in the air-strikes, the daily, Ha'Aretz, said. Quoting western sources, it said that though the U.S. administration was ``extremely careful'' in disclosing the targets hit by the American and British warplanes, the U.S. Intelligence held ``detailed information on the location of Al-Qaeda organisation camps.''

Stating that one of the bases attacked was ``a chief manufacturer of explosive materials'', the paper said the U.S. and British bombers had also targeted ``instructional and training bases near the cities of Jalalabad and Khut, located close to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border''.

``Professional bases as well as Al-Qaeda manufacturing centres, including intelligence bases near Kandahar and Kabul have also been hit,'' it said, adding that ``according to western claims, Al-Qaeda members were trained to carry out attacks and hijackings at these bases.''

- PTI

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