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Taleban warns US of 'severe consequences' for military strikes

''To the best of my knowledge the consequences are going to be very severe. So severe that no one can determine it,'' Taleban ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef told reporters in Islamabad.

He also said Saudi exile Osama bin Laden was safe inside Afghanistan though there had been no direct contact with the terrorist mastermind, prime suspect in the September 11 terror attacks in the US.

"Yes he is alive. He is safe inside Afghanistan,'' Zaeef said.

Contesting US claims that the strikes were only on terrorist camps and military installations, Zaeef said the rockets had hit dwelling places in Kabul killing almost 30 people in the city.

"There was no differentiation on the civilian part and the military part," he said.

Claiming that Taleban had shot down one intruding aircraft, he said there were also rumours that three more fighters were brought down.

However, a US defence department spokesman on Monday denied that any US aircraft were shot down during the attacks.

The Taleban ambassador said, "The US action is not only against the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, it is a terrorist attack against the entire Muslim world."

''This is not something new. Earlier, the former Soviet Union also tried to attack Afghanistan. However, fortunately it was unsuccessful in the exam," Zaeef said.

''If the Americans are assuming that by shedding blood of Afghans, life will be easy for them, I think their assumption is wrong,'' he said.

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