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Taleban should see writing on wall: Sattar

Pakistan Foreign Minister Abdus Sattar said the 'Taleban should see the writing on the wall.'

Speaking to the BBC on the day that a Pakistan delegation left for Kandahar to confer with the Taleban leadership, Sattar indicated that there was little chance of the mission's success. If the Taleban agreed to hand over Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden, the main suspect in last Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the United States, Sattar said it would be a 'miracle.'

The Pakistan delegation, led by Inter Services Intelligence director Lieutenant General Mahmood Ahmed, will spend Monday night in Kandahar. The Taleban has convened a meeting of the nation's clerics on Tuesday which will take the decision whether to hand over bin Laden to the US or a third country.

Sattar disclosed that the US had handed over 'proposals based on contingencies' to Pakistan, but declined to specific what the proposals entailed. Pakistan, he added, had 'agreed in principle' with the US proposals.

However, he indicated that Pakistan preferred that the military operation be conducted by a United Nations multinational force, rather than one solely composed of US troops.

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