PAKISTAN: The search for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has gone cold and there is no indication of his whereabouts, the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, told the Washington Post in an interview published yesterday.
Gen Musharraf said Pakistani forces were still aggressively pursuing bin Laden, but that recent security operations and interrogation had determined only that he was still alive.
"He is alive, but more than that, where he is, no, it'll be just a guess and it won't have much basis," Gen Musharraf was quoted as saying in the interview.
Pressed about whether bin Laden's trail had gone cold, Gen Musharraf told the Post: "Yes, if you mean we don't know, from that point of view, we don't know where he is."
In an interview with CNN on yesterday, Gen Musharraf said he remained "absolutely" committed to trying to find bin Laden.
Gen Musharraf met President Bush on Saturday, who praised his ally's efforts in the war on terrorism and the search for bin Laden.