Following are excerpts from an interview with Taliban Military Commander Mullah Dadallah, which aired by Al-Jazeera TV on April 30, 2007.

Interviewer: Let's move to the issue of Bin Laden, who has not appeared in the media for over a year. How do you, in the Afghan Taliban movement, view his disappearance? Is it true, as has been reported, that he may be dead? Or do you have information that he is alive?

Mullah Dadallah: Allah be praised, he is alive, and we have information about him. Allah be praised, he formulates the plans in Iraq and Afghanistan. You may recall the martyrdom operation in the Baghram base, which targeted a senior American official. No Afghan can reach the Baghram base. This operation is the result of his blessed planning. He is the one who formulated the details of this plan and who instructed us. The operation was successful, and, Allah willing, you will hear him speaking. As the operations intensify, a video statement by him will be released, Allah willing. We have information that he is alive, and that he is in constant contact with the mujahideen.