The United States has lost contact with an unmanned aircraft over Afghanistan but Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said he had "no reason to believe" the plane was brought down by Taliban fighters.
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Bin Laden is missing, says Taliban By Thomas Wagner, Associated Press 23 September 2001
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban have been unable to locate alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden for the past two days, says the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan.
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