Analysts: Al Qaeda has safe haven in Pakistan frontier - CNN.com:

This news item quotes U. S. intelligence analysts as follows -

Pakistan's tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan have become an accepted haven for al Qaeda leaders such as Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, a senior U.S. intelligence official told CNN on Wednesday.

The official is quoted to have said that this area has become a safe haven for not only the Taleban but the Al-Qaeda as well.