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Tuesday, November 20, 2001 - Web posted at 6:33:24 am GMT

KABUL - The United States combed southern Afghanistan on Monday, vowing to catch its most wanted man, while the United Nations scrambled to get Afghan leaders to hold talks on their war-torn country's future.

"He is on the run ... and we will get him," US Secretary of State Colin Powell told Fox News on Sunday while forces hunted for Bin Laden, accused by the United States of masterminding suicide attacks which killed 4 500 people on September 11.

Bin Laden evaded the US manhunt among the mountains, caves and valleys of the rugged landlocked country, but Powell said he believed the 44-year-old Muslim militant was still in Afghanistan, with ever decreasing room to move.

The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported heavy weekend bombing also in Kandahar, the last Taliban bastion in the south, but there was no sign the country's former rulers would leave.

The brother of a leading opposition commander said the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar had abandoned plans to give the city up after Omar had a prophetic dream that envisaged Omar remaining in charge for as long as he lived. - Nampa-Reuters

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