CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Afghanistan's fundamentalist Taliban movement will not expel suspected terrorist Osama Bin Laden from Afghanistan nor hand him over to the United States, its spokesman was quoted Thursday.

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But Maulvi Wakil Muttawakil told the Arabic daily Ash Sharq Al-Awsat that Bin Laden, who is in hiding in Afghanistan, is under strict surveillance by Taliban intelligence "to be sure that he is not carrying out illegal acts."

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