Mujahedeen control much of Afghanistan - Al-Qaida tape

Mujahedeen, or holy fighters, have taken control of much of Afghanistan and driven US forces into the “trenches”, according to a tape By Osama bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, aired on Al-Jazeera TV tonight.

Wearing a white turban, the bespectacled Egyptian surgeon said “southern and eastern Afghanistan have completely become an open field for the mujahedeen”.

“As for the Americans, they are now lying in their trenches, refusing to come out to meet the mujahedeen, despite the provocation of attacks, hits and carjacking.”