Pakistan on Monday rejected U.S. media reports that Osama bin Laden is in the northern Pakistani town of Chitral.
The American CBS News reported on Sept. 7 that U.S. intelligence believes Osama bin Laden is hiding out in the Chitral district of northern Pakistan.
"The report is ridiculous," Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson said at a weekly press briefing Monday in Islamabad.
When her attention was drawn towards statement of another American presidential candidate about attacking terrorist targets inside Pakistan, Aslam said "We have already made it clear that this is not acceptable to us."
Chitral is a remote, rugged area which neighbors Afghanistan's Badakhshan province.
Pakistani government, since joining Washington-led anti-terror war following Sept. 11 2001 attack on the United States, has sent around 90,000 troops to the border areas to hunt al-Qaeda members and Taliban remnants who were believed to have sneaked into Pakistan for shelter.
Source: Xinhua
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