| SLUG: 2-280783 Attacks / Afghanistan
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DATE=09/20/01 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-280783 TITLE= ATTACKS-AFGHANISTAN / S-UPDATE BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE DATELINE= ISLAMABAD CONTENT= // Updates, throughout // INTRO: Afghanistan's Taleban clerics have urged alleged terrorist Osama Bin Laden to leave Afghanistan voluntarily. V-O-A's Jim Teeple reports from Islamabad. TEXT: A statement carried by the Taleban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency in Kabul says the decision to ask Osama Bin Laden to leave Afghanistan came at the end of a two-day meeting of Islamic clerics, held in Kabul. According to the news agency, the clerics have issued an edict calling on the Saudi fugitive to leave "whenever possible." No deadline was set. Osama Bin Laden and his followers are accused of carrying out last week's terror attacks in New York and Washington D-C. The Saudi fugitive is reputed to head the al-Qaida organization, which U-S officials say was behind last week's attacks. He and many of his followers have lived in Afghanistan for years. Taleban authorities have rejected all calls to expel Mr. Bin Laden saying he is a "guest" in Afghanistan. Taleban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar says the Saudi fugitive had not used Afghan territory for attacking anyone. (Signed) neb/jlt/wd
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