Interviewer: First, what is the latest news on Ameer ul Mu'mineen Mullah Muhammad Omar and Sheikh Osama bin Laden - may Allah preserve him - and the news of the Mujahideen in general?

Tayyeb Agha: All praise is to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His messenger and his family and companions and who was guided by the guidance. First, we want to thank "Markaz Darasat wa Al-Buhoos Al-Islami" for its great efforts to cover Mujahideen news and to connect the Islamic Ummah (Islamic nation) with the events of the Crusader war that America is leading against the Muslims in Afghanistan and to confront the misleading propaganda by the hostile media machine that is distorting the real facts.

As for the news of the Mujahideen, they are fine and all praise is to Allah. There are continuous operations against the enemy; however the media doesn't publish most of them for reasons that are obvious to everyone. And we are planning for new special attacks that will need no further explanation soon, Allah willingly. Each day, sympathy increases for the Mujahideen and hatred grows against the Americans and their allies in Afghanistan. And the conflicts among the different factions in Karzai's regime that are fighting against each other for power are growing every day. And all these things bring glad tidings.

And Ameer ul Mu'mineen (Mullah Muhammad Omar), may Allah preserve him, is in good health and he is leading the Mujahideen and organizing the operations, fulfilling his duties as leader in a normal way and all praise is to Allah. And Sheikh Osama bin Laden - may Allah preserve him - is in good health, too. He will possibly appear very soon in the media.

Interviewer: There are reports that there are conflicts among the Mujahideen and a fight for positions in the leadership. Are these reports true?

Tayyeb Agha: These are baseless rumors which are part of the propaganda war of the enemies against Islam and the Muslims everywhere and in all times.

The Mujahideen aren't students of power and don't compete for power like others do. We are students of truth and work for establishing this truth and for this cause we sacrifice our power. Indeed we have abandoned power and as Ameer ul Mu'mineen has said, if we only had wanted the power, we would have accepted America's demands and America wouldn't have only restrained from waging a war but it would have also supported us with money and men and with everything necessary to remain in power just like all regimes in the Islamic world. However we refused the power that serves the American and crusaders' interests. The Islamic Ummah (nation) is not in need of one more ruling system like that. The power in our opinion is the means to establish Allah's law (Sharia) and not our goal per se. According to the Islamic understanding of power, the Mujahideen don't compete for the positions in the leadership.

Interviewer: After nine months from the beginning of the US war against Afghanistan, what goals has this campaign achieved so far?

Tayyeb Agha: The officially declared goals of this war are to arrest of Ameer ul Mu'mineen and Sheikh Osama bin Laden and the other leaders of the Mujahideen, as well as the destruction of the source of horror that since the 11th September made the Americans live in an unbearable situation of constant fear, and the unification of Afghanistan under a central regime that guarantees and serves the American interests.

The Americans have failed to achieve any of these goals. So Ameer ul Mu'mineen and Sheikh Osama and the other leaders of the Mujahideen - May Allah preserve them - were not harmed, and praise be to Allah.

The American security which was the ultimate purpose of this worldwide crusader campaign is getting worse day after day and the dangers that are threatening the US security are increasing daily according to very high military, political and security representatives in America. Furthermore Afghanistan is still divided and every region is ruled by one of the former warlords who are fighting each other for the power. And the central regime has no authority even on the outskirts of Kabul rather than on the districts.

The American campaign against Afghanistan has failed to achieve its main goals and this is a fact that many analysts and observers have admitted. If the US campaign is one of the reasons why the Mujahideen left the power for a time, then it will be one of the reasons for their return to the power in a stronger way Allah willingly. The atrocities by these US troops and their allies against the country and its people in Afghanistan are one of the strongest reasons for the public opposition against them and support for the Mujahideen.

Interviewer: It is being said among some Afghans that the standing of the Taliban government with Sheikh Osama bin Laden is the main reason for the US war against them and that it was possible to prevent this war if they had abandoned him. What is the opinion of the Taliban on this statement?

Tayyeb Agha: We strongly believe that we are targeted by the worldwide Kuffr (Disbelief) under the leadership of America for one main reason which is our implementation of Allah's law (Sharia) and our refusal to follow any disbelieving (Kuffr) power. All other motives that the Disbelievers propagate again and again stem from this main reason. And if - Allah forbid - we had accepted to cease protecting Sheikh Osama (and handed him over), they wouldn't have been satisfied with that and they would have continued with the issue of "human rights" and the "women topic" and then the issue of drugs although we have destroyed them completely by the admission of the UN etc.

This is a fact that Ameer ul Mu'mineen has stresses again and again. That's why he has refused to open the door for any concessions for Allah has informed us about the truth of them (the Disbelievers): "Never will the Jews nor the Christians be pleased with you till you follow their religion..." Qur'an 2:120

Interviewer: Do you have a certain message for the Islamic Ummah (nation) you would like to convey?

Tayyeb Agha: We bring the glad tidings to the Ummah that America, the head of the worldwide Kuffr (Disbelief), came on its own feet to its grave in Afghanistan. And it is the law of Allah that this blessed land is the graveyard for the greatest Kuffr empires of the history. Thus it was the grave for the British Empire and after that for the Soviet Union and Allah willingly it will become the beginning of the collapse of the American Crusader Empire.

I would like to use this opportunity to thank everyone who stood with the Mujahideen in this difficult situation and especially those sincere scholars who have said the truth never afraid of the blame of the blamers and also the righteous sons of the Ummah who have sacrificed the most precious that they posses in supporting the Jihad and the Mujahideen, we ask Allah to accept our and their efforts.

And we reassure everyone that we are continuing on this path and neither enticements and promises nor blackmail and terror will put us off course, Allah willingly. We remind them (the Islamic Ummah) that their support and help had and still have great effects on our steadfastness with the mercy of Allah, and we ask them not forget us in their prayers.