Bin Laden’s sons may have been captured in Afghan gun battle

TWO of terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden’s many sons may have been wounded and captured in an Afghan gun battle with US troops that left seven al-Qaida members dead, a senior Pakistan official said tonight.

US counterterrorism officials disputed his claim that the sons were captured and a White House official said: "We, in fact, think it's wrong."

Sanaullah Zehri, who as home minister of Pakistan's Baluchistan province is the area's top security official, said the raid was carried out by "allied forces" including US troops in an area of Afghanistan where the borders of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan converge.