The Insider: Daily Terrorism Report

Mar. 5 -- — A local official in eastern Afghanistan says he has received credible reports that Osama bin Laden escaped the recent Pakistani operation to catch him, the BBC reports today. The governor of Pachir-Agam district in Nangarhar province told the BBC that he had met with a former member of the Taliban who had received a fax saying bin Laden was alive and well. This report comes and U.S. and Pakistani forces stepped up their offensive on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in efforts to catch bin Laden and other al Qaeda operatives.

And a report on the surveillance methods soon to be implemented in the hunt for bin Laden — U.S. forces on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border will be using high-tech surveillance tactics in the region, enabling them to monitor the area 24 hours a day, seven days a week, CNN reports today.

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Pakistan/Afghanistan Bin Laden 'Evaded Pakistani Raid'A local official in eastern Afghanistan says he has received credible reports that Osama Bin Laden escaped the recent Pakistani operation to catch him. (BBC)

Fresh Operation Launched in Pakistani Tribal AreasThe political authorities, with the help of military and paramilitary forces, on Thursday initiated a fresh operation in the South Waziristan to net the al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists and those harboring them. (Pakistan Times)

High-Tech Snooping For Bin LadenU.S. forces searching for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden along the mountainous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan will soon implement high-tech surveillance tactics in the region, enabling them to monitor the area 24 hours a day, seven days a week, CNN has learned. (CNN)

Taliban Kill 7 Soldiers in Border Raid Suspected Taliban guerrillas killed seven Afghan soldiers in a raid near the Pakistan border, a senior military commander said yesterday. (Reuters)

Afghan Villages Locked in Grip of Taliban ForcesAcross the southern area, the guerrillas are regrouping, using intimidation and cash to control the residents and spread violence. (LA Times)

CanadaAl Qaeda Family: At Home With Osama Bin LadenShortly after Ahmed Said Khadr was released from the Pakistan prison in 1996, he took his family to a large compound of houses near Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (CBC -