Taliban warlords have claimed that Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden has fled Pakistan into Afghanistan, as the former stepped up its military campaign on its lawless border area.

Supporting his claim, Qari Hussain, wanted for training suicide bombers, said that he had met Osama in Quetta near the Afghan border.
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"He recently left for Afghanistan. The military operation left him with no choice," The Sun quoted Hussain, as saying.