The Great Debate UK  from Pakistan: Now or Never?:  Are the
Taliban distancing themselves from al Qaeda?    So it's
interesting to see this post by Alex Strick van
Linschoten highlighting what he calls the first semi-official
acknowledgement from a Talib - former Taliban ambassador to
Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef - of Osama bin Laden's involvement in
the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.  He cites the
following quotes from an interview with Zaeef, in response to a
question about bin Laden and his relations with Afghan Taliban
leader Mullah Omar after Sept. 11:  "Following the September
events, the Commander of the Faithful Mullah Omar met with Bin
Laden in the presence of a large number of Taliban leaders and
Al-Qaeda members, and asked him if they were behind the attacks
on the twin towers and the Pentagon.