We are receiving reports Alliance troops in Afghanistan have surrounded a large number of al-Qaida guerrillas.

Osama bin Laden may be bottled-up with his forces in the Tora Bora region said US officials.

Talk of surrender by trapped al-Qaida fighters vanished in a hail of bombs, artillery and gunfire today following claims that key terrorist leaders have fled Osama bin Laden’s besieged mountain base for neighbouring Pakistan.

Tribal commanders fighting al-Qaida troops in Afghanistan’s White Mountains said today they had abandoned another plan for bin Laden’s men to disarm and surrender.

Al-Qaida fighters holding out in the terror gang’s final Afghan stronghold were this morning facing an new deadline to surrender and were also being urged to hand over their leaders as well.

Afghan tribal commanders have set a new deadline for the surrender of al-Qaida fighters cornered near Tora Bora.

Al-Qaida fighters holding out in the terror gang’s final Afghan stronghold are facing an ultimatum to surrender or be annihilated.

Anti-Taliban tribal warlords in eastern Afghanistan have declared a ceasefire in their battle with

US Secretary of State Colin Powell today sparked confusion over the role British forces might play in a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan.

Opposition forces say they have flushed al-Qaida fighters out of their Tora Bora cave hideouts and forced them to retreat to a mountaintop in eastern Afghanistan.

Afghan warlords are continuing their attack on caves near Jalalabad amid claims Osama bin Laden's son is trapped there.

Evidence is growing that Osama bin Laden is hiding in the White Mountains south of Jalalabad.

US military official say they had no information about claims a US bombing raid in eastern Afghanistan has destroyed a village and killed more than 100 civilians.