he was in pakistan for some time, years. now people i ve spoken to here both political figures and people on the street have said that this is really calling into question just how much pakistan knew and just how committed they are to this fight against terror whether in afghanistan, they think they have a partner for peace in pakistan. that s certainly going to also come to the fore. this is fionnuala. tal ban and al qaeda are often regard intertwined by people in afghanistan because precisely of osama bin laden s connected with that country. how would you assess the status of the tal ban at the moment but also specifically al qaeda at all in afghanistan? yeah, a very good question, fine knew la. we see bin laden as this larger than live figure, a figure who has dominated the headlines and seared into our consciousness and we imagine him as being the dominant partner here, and