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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Afghanistan's Taliban rulers discussed
conditions for possibly extraditing Osama bin Laden to a country
other than United States, a Pakistan government source said
Tuesday, hours after the Taliban urged Afghans to prepare for a
holy war.
The conditions, including international recognition of the
Taliban government and lifting of U.N. sanctions, were discussed in
a meeting Monday in Kandahar, headquarters of the Islamic militia
that rules most of Afghanistan, the official said on condition of
anonymity.
No final agreement was reached, he said. But the Pakistan
delegation, which is currently in the Afghan capital of Kabul, had
delivered a blunt message to the Taliban: Either hand over bin
Laden or be sure to be attacked by a multinational military force,
led by the United States.
A grand council of Islamic clerics was gathering Tuesday in
Kabul to discuss the ultimatum. But the ruling Taliban said bin
Laden has been wrongly implicated in last week's terror attacks in
New York and Washington, and they have been preparing Afghans for
the worst.
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