Bin Laden urges Europe to quit Afghanistan-TV

Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:19pm EST

DUBAI Nov 29 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged European countries to end their military participation with U.S. forces in the Afghan conflict, Al Jazeera television said om Thursday.

Jazeera aired portions of an audio tape in which a speaker who sounded like bin Laden said his Taliban allies had no knowledge of plans for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, a main reason for the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.

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