JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: That official Taliban response that Kelly was referring to, to the president's remarks came at a news conference today in Pakistan. CNN's Tom Mintier was there.</s>TOM MINTIER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan used a single word several times to requests that his government hand over Osama bin Laden.</s>ABDUL SALAM ZAEEF, TALIBAN AMBASSADOR TO PAKISTAN: No, no, no, no, no.</s>MINTIER: It required no translation. At the same time, he requested evidence from the United States. Proof is what the Taliban say they want to see.</s>ZAEEF (through translator): If America has evidence and proof, they should produce it, and we are ready for the trial of Osama bin Laden in the light of the evidence.</s>MINTIER: The ambassador had just returned from meetings in Kandahar, the political capitol of Afghanistan. Another message the Taliban wanted to send the Islamic world was blunt.</s>ZAEEF (through translator): During American attack, if Muslims, Afghans and non-Afghans extend cooperation to the infidels, assist them and carry out espionage activities for them, he is are also considered as a foreign aggressor, and his murder becomes an obligation.</s>MINTIER: While the Pakistani government did not respond to the threat, they did call once again for the Taliban to hand over bin Laden.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We hope that the Taliban leadership, keeping in view the gravity of the situation, will take a prompt decision which is in the interest of Afghanistan and its people and which satisfies the concerns and demands of the international community.</s>MINTIER (on camera): President Bush has said the time for talking is over; now is the time for action. One senior Western diplomat based in Islamabad told us the United States has sent a crystal clear message on U.S. foreign policy to the Taliban: It was President Bush's speech to the American public. Tom Mintier, CNN, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Taliban Refuses to Hand over bin Laden