A Taliban official is reported to have said his government will never hand over Osama bin Laden and will fight America if necessary for 100 years.

The Pakistani dictatorship has moved to completely censor Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban after stopping the Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan from giving press conferences.

The Taliban has pleaded for UN help for refugees inside Afghanistan, as US heavy bombers hammer front line positions.

The United States has attacked a hospital in the Afghan city of Kandahar, reportedly killing 15 staff and patients and severely injuring 25 others

The Taliban claim to have arrested some Americans in Afghanistan.

It has been reported that US sources cannot confirm or deny that American warplanes bombed a hospital in the Afghan city of Herat.

The Taliban claimed today that US and British planes struck a hospital in the Afghan city of Herat, killing more than 100 people.

The Taliban are accusing the US of targeting civilians with their bombing campaign.

Afghanistan’s Taliban Government has accused the United States of "lying to the world" by claiming it is not targeting civilians as part of its so-called "war on terrorism".

Afghanistan’s Taliban Government has issued a defiant statement saying that US claims to have crippled Afghan defences are untrue.

The Taliban says Osama bin Laden is alive after the latest raids on Afghanistan.

Afghan authorities have offered to try Osama bin Laden under Islamic law.

The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan has accused Tony Blair of encouraging the US to go to war.

The Taliban have pronounced themselves ‘‘ready for negotiations’’ over Osama bin Laden’s fate - something the United States says is now impossible.

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban regime tonight offered to negotiate about handing over Osama bin Laden - but rejected Prime Minister Tony Blair’s warning to surrender him ‘‘or surrender power’’.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have claimed Osama bin Laden is under their control and called on the United States to open negotiations to lift the threat of military action against their country.

The White House chief of staff has rejected negotiations with the Taliban over Osama bin Laden.

Afghan authorities have delivered a message to Osama bin Laden advising him of a decision by the country's clerics that he leave the country voluntarily.

US officials have cast doubt on a claim that bin Laden is missing from his Afghanistan hide-out.

Alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden is missing and Taliban authorities have been unable to locate him for the past two days, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan said today.