US President, George Bush, in an address to a joint session of Congress and the nation stated, "You are either with us, or you are with the terrorists."
" We are not ready to hand over Osama bin Laden without evidence," Afghanistan's Ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Saleem Zaeef, told reporters in Islamabad.
The Taliban must act and act immediately. They will hand over the terrorists or they will share their fate," said by US President, George Bush, in an address to a joint session of Congress."
"Osama bin Laden is ready to stand trial on suspicion of attacks against the United States if Washington provides the evidence", says the Taliban's deputy ambassador to Pakistan, Suhail Shadeen.
The great Muslim ex-heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali when asked by a reporter how he felt having Osama bin Laden as a member of the same religion as him responded, "How do you feel having Hitler as a member of the same religion as you?"
At a meeting of more than 1,000 clerics from all over Afghanistan to discuss America's demand that they had over Osama bin Laden, Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, said, "Islam is a true way of life and those against our religion believe we are their enemies. They are trying to finish us on various pretexts. One of their pretexts is Osama bin Laden's presence in Afghanistan."