DATE=9/13/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-238561
TITLE=AFGHAN / BEN LADEN / S
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: TALEBAN LEADERS IN AFGHANISTAN SAY THEY HAVE BARRED
DISSIDENT SAUDI MILLIONAIRE OSAMA BIN LADEN FROM MAKING PUBLIC
STATEMENTS. STILL, THEY DENY REPORTS SAYING HE HAS BEEN PLACED
UNDER HOUSE ARREST. V-O-A'S KYLE KING HAS MORE FROM ISLAMABAD.
TEXT: TALEBAN OFFICIALS SAY OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS BEEN TOLD NOT
GIVE INTERVIEWS WITH NEWS REPORTERS OR TO CARRY OUT ANY KIND OF
POLITICAL OR MILITANT ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN.
HOWEVER, TALEBAN OFFICIALS HAVE DISMISSED REPORTS ANY
RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE MOVEMENTS OF MR. BIN LADEN
OR THAT HE HAS BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
A TALEBAN SPOKESMAN TOLD THE AFGHAN ISLAMIC PRESS AGENCY MR. BIN
LADEN IS A GUEST IN AFGHANISTAN AND CAN TRAVEL FREELY.
SATURDAY, A LONDON-BASED ARABIC-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER ("AL QUDS")
SAID AFGHANISTAN'S TALEBAN RULERS HAD PLACED THE DISSIDENT SAUDI
MILLIONAIRE UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
THE UNITED STATES SUSPECTS MR. BIN LADEN OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE
DEADLY BOMBINGS OF THE U-S EMBASSIES IN KENYA AND TANZANIA -- A
CHARGE HE DENIES. (SIGNED)
NEB / KBK / WD / WD
13-Sep-98 3:53 AM EDT (0753 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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