Afghanistan's Taliban militia has denied that Osama bin Laden, the man suspected of masterminding the terrorist attacks on the US, is under house arrest.
Afghan Islamic Press said "Taliban sources" described the claims as "false and fabricated".
The original allegation, from the online Arabic newspaper Ilaf, said bin Laden was under house arrest by the Taliban.
Ilaf said there were a number of Afghan fighters are also under arrest "along with bin Laden".
Those under house arrest included bin Laden's military commander Muhammad Atef Al-Makni and the head of the Egyptian branch of fundamentalist terror group Al-Jihad, Ayman Al-Zawahri.
Earlier, a diplomat at the Taliban's embassy in Abu Dhabi said he was unable to confirm the report.
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