LAHORE: Osama Khalid, son of former Inter-Services Intelligence official Khalid Khawaja, has confirmed that the audiotape of the telephonic conversation between TV anchor Hamid Mir and Usman — the earlier unidentified Taliban militant — is original, as his family used to talk to him during negotiations for his father’s release, a private TV channel reported on Tuesday.

Speaking in a current affairs programme on a private TV channel, Osama said the ‘Asian Tigers’, a little known Taliban-linked group, was an agent of the Indian intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). “Because no Muslim can do it (murder another Muslim),” he said. Osama said the personality and services of his father, Khalid Khawaja, were known to the entire nation. He claimed that Hamid Mir had hatched a conspiracy to murder his father after receiving money from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). “This audiotape is enough proof to show Hamid Mir’s role in the murder (of his father),” he added. He also appealed to the Supreme Court to take suo motu action and conduct a judicial inquiry into the audiotape issue.

He said that the family had decided to take action against the TV anchor. Osama also confirmed that his younger brother was working for the al Qaeda.
Source: Daily Times
Date:5/19/2010