Pakistan orders Taliban to close embassy in Islamabad

Pakistan orders Taliban to close embassy in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Taliban spokesman receives questions from reporters at the Taliban embassy in Islamabad Nov. 22 after the Pakistani government ordered it to be shut down. Taliban Ambassador to Islamabad Abdul Salam Zaeef and embassy staffers will be requested to return to Afghanistan within a certain period. Pakistan was the last country to maintain diplomatic ties with the Taliban.

Tabilan reject U.S. demand to hand over bin Laden

Tabilan reject U.S. demand to hand over bin Laden

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Mullah Abdul Salem Zaeef, the Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan, speaks at a press conference in Islamabad on Sept. 21. He said the Taliban, which rules Afghanistan, will not hand over Osama bin Laden to the United States ''without proof'' that he masterminded the Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York and Washington.

Pakistan orders Taliban to close embassy in Islamabad

Pakistan orders Taliban to close embassy in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Taliban spokesman receives questions from reporters at the Taliban embassy in Islamabad Nov. 22 after the Pakistani government ordered it to be shut down. Taliban Ambassador to Islamabad Abdul Salam Zaeef and embassy staffers will be requested to return to Afghanistan within a certain period. Pakistan was the last country to maintain diplomatic ties with the Taliban.

Tabilan reject U.S. demand to hand over bin Laden

Tabilan reject U.S. demand to hand over bin Laden

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Mullah Abdul Salem Zaeef, the Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan, speaks at a press conference in Islamabad on Sept. 21. He said the Taliban, which rules Afghanistan, will not hand over Osama bin Laden to the United States ''without proof'' that he masterminded the Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York and Washington.