A senior US official told sources that Taleban leader Mullah Omar & al-Qaeda commanders, including Osama Bin Laden, are living in Pakistan. The official told reporters that senior Taleban leaders were in hiding with Mullah Omar in Quetta, from where they co-ordinated the insurgency in Afghanistan. Islamabad repeatedly denies that Mullah Omar or Bin Laden are in Pakistan. The US official told sources, “There is no question that the iconic leaders of Al-Qaeda (Ayman-al-Zawahiri, Bin Laden) are in the tribal areas of Pakistan. We believe that the Taleban’s shura (consultation) council leaders led by Mullah Omar reside in Quetta in Pakistan”.