A senior Taliban leader on Friday claimed that his outfit was in possession of chemical weapons.
"We have still not used them, but guided missiles... have been used and the results are very encouraging," The News daily quoted Naseer Ahmad Rohi as saying in Peshawar, Pakistan.
The paper said experts were sceptical about the claims of Rohi, who served as first secretary at the Afghan embassy in the United Arab Emirates.
While denying Pakistan's role in the provision of the technology and weapons, Rohi said some Muslim as well as non-Muslim friendly countries had helped them.
He said Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and his family were moving between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"Osama received injuries in the chest at the Tora Bora bombing by US planes, but he survived. However, Ayman al-Zawahiri's family, including his two wives and kids, have been killed," he said.
He said al-Zawahiri, second-in-command in the Al Qaeda network, was no longer in Asia.
The former envoy said Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters had joined hands with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-i-Islami and reactivated cells in several provinces.
"Hekmatyar met Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar in Uruzgan province and both the leaders have agreed on the war strategy and coordination among resistance groups," he said, adding the two had resolved to launch a joint struggle for the liberation of Afghanistan from foreign forces.
He said Taliban would hold general election in the country after ousting the Hamid Karzai government. "It was Hekmatyar who said general election should be held after the victory," Rohi added.
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