Egypt says the videotape in which Osama bin Laden is shown rejoicing over the September 11 attacks is a complete confession.

More than a half-dozen senior leaders of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network and several hundred of his most loyal fighters have been killed in the war in Afghanistan so far, US officials say.

The Taliban has vowed to stay in its spiritual home in Kandahar despite reports that there were plans for a withdrawal.

The military chief of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network was killed along with seven colleagues in a US bombing raid three days ago, a Taliban official has confirmed.

Mohammed Atef, Osama bin Laden’s right hand man and likely successor, is believed to have been killed by a US air strike, an American official said today.

Osama bin Laden, the man suspected of having masterminded the terrorist attacks on the US, is under house arrest, it was claimed today.