Laden eluded US forces in Tora Bora: Report
A terror suspect held at Guant-anamo Bay, Cuba, was a commander for Osama bin Laden during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s and helped the Al-Qaeda leader escape his mountain hide-out at Tora Bora in 2001, according to a US government document.
The document, provided to The Associated Press in response to a Freedom of Information request, says the unidentified detainee "assisted in the escape of Osama bin Laden from Tora Bora".
It is the first definitive statement from the Pentagon that Bin Laden was at Tora Bora and evaded US pursuers.
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