Bin Laden run to ground as allied special forces close in
JAMES CLARK, DAVID CRACKNELL AND NICHOLAS RUFFORD ON THE SOUTHERN AFGHAN BORDER
* Located to area of 30sq miles near border
* Alliance forces tell British troops to leave
BRITISH and American special forces have narrowed their search for Osama Bin Laden to a hilly area of just 30 square miles in southeastern Afghanistan, defence sources revealed yesterday.
British SAS and American troops have been dropped by helicopter across the southern approaches to the area, near the Taliban city of Kandahar, to prevent Bin Laden from escaping into Pakistan.
As the manhunt triggered by the September 11 terrorist attacks on America intensifies, British soldiers have been involved in firefights with enemy forces around Kandahar.
"The plan has always been to deny Bin Laden space," said Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary. "The space he has to operate in is now very limited indeed." The disclosure reflected a growing confidence in intelligence circles that they would find Bin Laden soon.
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