DATE=9/13/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-238561
TITLE=AFGHAN / BEN LADEN / S
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  TALEBAN LEADERS IN AFGHANISTAN SAY THEY HAVE BARRED 
DISSIDENT SAUDI MILLIONAIRE OSAMA BIN LADEN FROM MAKING PUBLIC 
STATEMENTS.  STILL, THEY DENY REPORTS SAYING HE HAS BEEN PLACED 
UNDER HOUSE ARREST.  V-O-A'S KYLE KING HAS MORE FROM ISLAMABAD.

TEXT:    TALEBAN OFFICIALS SAY OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS BEEN TOLD NOT 
GIVE INTERVIEWS WITH NEWS REPORTERS OR TO CARRY OUT ANY KIND OF 
POLITICAL OR MILITANT ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN.

HOWEVER, TALEBAN OFFICIALS HAVE DISMISSED REPORTS ANY 
RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE MOVEMENTS OF MR. BIN LADEN 
OR THAT HE HAS BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

A TALEBAN SPOKESMAN TOLD THE AFGHAN ISLAMIC PRESS AGENCY MR. BIN 
LADEN IS A GUEST IN AFGHANISTAN AND CAN TRAVEL FREELY.

SATURDAY, A LONDON-BASED ARABIC-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER ("AL QUDS") 
SAID AFGHANISTAN'S TALEBAN RULERS HAD PLACED THE DISSIDENT SAUDI 
MILLIONAIRE UNDER HOUSE ARREST.

THE UNITED STATES SUSPECTS MR. BIN LADEN OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE 
DEADLY BOMBINGS OF THE U-S EMBASSIES IN KENYA AND TANZANIA -- A 
CHARGE HE DENIES.   (SIGNED)

NEB / KBK / WD / WD



13-Sep-98 3:53 AM EDT (0753 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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