https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=80482&page=1

The United States today rejected yet another offer by Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to turn over Osama bin Laden for trial in a third country if the U.S. presents evidence against bin Laden and stops air attacks.

Taliban Deputy Prime Minister Haji Abdul Kabir told reporters in Jalalabad, Afghanistan that the regime was willing to turn over bin Laden to a third country that would never “come under pressure from the United States,” according to The Associated Press.

U.S. officials have dismissed statements from the regime, which has at various times claimed bin Laden had left the country, was hiding in a location unknown even to the Taliban, was “under the control” of the regime and was free to lead a jihad or holy war from the country.

https://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/07/ret.us.taliban/

The administration Saturday also rejected an offer by the ruling Taliban to release Western aid workers on trial in Afghanistan if the United States withdraws its threat of military strikes against Afghanistan.

The aid workers, including two Americans, are accused of trying to convert Afghans to Christianity — a serious offense under the Taliban’s severe Islamic code. Saturday’s statement is the first time the Taliban have linked the aid workers to the demand that they give up bin Laden.

“If the United States is ready to ensure the Afghan people that their action is not against the Afghan people, the Taliban are ready to release the eight aid workers,” Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil told CNN in a written statement. He warned of a possible humanitarian catastrophe if Afghans continue to flee in fear of U.S. action.

But a Bush administration official said Saturday the aid workers should be released unconditionally.

“This is not a negotiation,” said the administration official, stressing that it is time for the Taliban to “act to meet all of the president’s demands now.”