Campaign against Terrorism: Manhunt - More US Troops Sent in to Find Bin Laden

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AMERICAN OFFICIALS are growing more confident they have cornered Osama bin Laden and that capturing or kil-ling him is just a matter of time.

Despite one report from the Taliban at the weekend that Mr bin Laden had left the country, US officials say they have every reason to believe he is still in Afghanistan. Extra special forces have poured into the country since Thursday and most of them are now dedicated to rooting out members of Mr bin Laden's al-Qa'ida network in the mountain caves of the east and south-east - particularly in regions near the Pakistan border that might be accessible from Kabul and Kandahar.

"It's getting harder for him [Mr bin Laden] to …