American aircraft soon may cause new attacks on the border with Afghanistan mountains of Pakistan. The head of U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus, the operational responsibility which includes Afghanistan, said that "terrorist number one" Osama Bin Laden is now in the difficult mountainous areas of Pakistan.
Osama Bin Laden, as well as a number of key leaders of al-Qaeda "are now on the territory of tribes the federal government, said earlier an American general. "We know it" - he said.
Official Islamabad denied the allegations. "As soon as the information that Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan, we ourselves will take steps to apprehend him," - assured the country's Information Minister Sherry Rehman.
However, local analysts are worried that because of a similar statement by the head of U.S. Central Command likelihood of new U.S. air strikes on Pakistani territory increases dramatically.
According to media reports, over the past few days, the cases of American flights of unmanned aircraft over the border with Afghanistan, parts of the country.
The last air attack U.S. forces occurred on Thursday 9 October in the northern province of Waziristan, and has led to at least nine deaths. At least six of them were foreign mercenaries, alleges New York Times, referring to intelligence data.
Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters are using tribal zone in Pakistan as a base for attacks on U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. It is in this region, perhaps, are the secret base of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, his al Zavahari representative.
The rebels accused the authorities of Pakistan for the attacks in the border area, as well as the bombing of the hotel Marriott, which killed 54 people.
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