Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 1999 to Wednesday, September 1, 1999
A year after Washington launched a deadly missile strike on Afghanistan, the target, alleged terrorist Osama bin Laden, remains at large while Afghans continue to live under threat of further strikes.
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden has decided to leave Afghanistan, fearing a fresh U.S. attack against him, the independent Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) said on Friday.
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 1999
The United States said on July 9 it was willing to negotiate with Afghanistan’s Taliban movement in an effort to bring to justice Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, accused of attacks on US interests.
Date of source: Thursday, July 15, 1999 to Wednesday, July 21, 1999
Ibrahim Hussein Abdel-Hadi Eidarous, 42, and Adel Abdel-Meguid Abdel-Bari, 39, were both arrested in London Sunday [July 11, 1999] on US extradition warrants alleging they had conspired with Saudi Arabian dissident Osama Bin Laden to murder US citizens. Bin Laden is the alleged mastermind behind...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 1999
Afghanistan’s Taliban movement refused on Saturday to extradite Saudi exile Osama bin Laden to the United States to face charges of masterminding US embassy bombings in Africa last year that killed more than 250 people.
Date of source: Sunday, December 6, 1998
Sources in Pakistan revealed the arrest of 40 of Osama Bin Laden’s helpers in a world-wide detention campaign in which Egypt participated. The sources affirmed that 32 were arrested last month, six of them were arrested in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, September 24, 1998
The question has been raised whether the American military strike against what were described as Osama Bin Laden’s bases in Afghanistan on August 17 will force the Taliban movement to clamp down on the Saudi dissident and his Arab-Afghan associates.
Date of source: Monday, August 24, 1998
Also Al-Osbua gives a background on Osama Bin Laden and his former connections with the US.