美国驻阿富汗大使扎勒米·哈利扎德16日称，基地组织头目本·拉登与阿富汗塔利班领导人奥马尔现在据信都没在阿富汗藏身。外电报道如下：Osama bin¹ Laden² and Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar are not believed to be in Afghanistan anymore, the U.S. ambassador said Thursday, raising fresh questions as to the whereabouts of the elusive³ terror mastermind.

Zalmay Khalilzad, tapped by President Bush to be the next U.S. envoy⁴ to Iraq, did not reveal where the two might be hiding or whether his comment was based on new intelligence.

"Mullah Omar is not in Afghanistan. I do not believe that Osama is in Afghanistan," Khalilzad said. His comments at a news conference in Kabul came a day after a purported⁵ Taliban commander said the pair were alive and well.

Whereabouts表示“下落，行踪，所在之处”，例如：The escaped prisoner's whereabouts is still unknown.（逃犯的下落仍不清楚。）

据悉，美国官员此前一直相信本·拉登隐藏在阿富汗与巴基斯坦交界的崎岖山谷地区。6月15日，塔利班一名指挥官在接受巴基斯坦一家私人电视台采访时称，本·拉登与奥马尔的健康状况良好。