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Afghan president welcomes Bin Laden's death

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-02 15:50

Afghan anti-Taliban fighters are silhouetted below the contrails left by US jets on a bombing sortie in the Tora Bora mountains, in this file picture taken December 14, 2001. [Photo/Agencies]

KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday welcomed the reported death of al-Qaida chief Osama Bin Laden.  

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"Osama was killed by American troops in Abbotabad of Pakistan yesterday and I hope with his elimination the terrorist activities will be over," Karzai said.

Afghan president also said killing Osama in Pakistan has clearly proved that war on terror in Afghan villages would not achieve set goal, rather the international community should focus on terrorist safe havens outside Afghanistan.

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