Bin Laden alive and well, says Taliban commander

The brother and successor of dead Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah said in a television interview that he had received a letter from al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden expressing condolences for his brother's death.

The brother and successor of dead Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah said in a television interview today that he had received a letter from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden expressing condolences for his brother's death.

Dadullah Mansoor told Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera that bin Laden sent him a letter after his brother, Mullah Dadullah, the former top Taliban field commander, was killed in southern Afghanistan last month.