<this article goes into more details on how messages were delivered to bin Laden.

...It had to be delivered by hand to Bin Laden, and a Taliban spokesman last night said the messenger had some difficulty in finding the hideout of the Saudi guerrilla leader.



"It's not like we can pick up the phone and talk to Osama, or fax a message to him. He has no such facilities," said the Taliban's information minister Qudrutullah Jamal. He said the message had now got through, but so far there was no reply.

"I have no reason to believe Osama has left Afghanistan. He is still here," said Jamal.



Interesting. Who is the messenger? Is he walking? Riding a horse? A car? Apparently the hideout was found okay, and that, unless bin Laden is a lot sneakier than we think, he is still in Afghanistan.

(Pssst....U.S. military....hint hint...infrared....UAV....satellites....)