ISLAMABAD - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday she believed Osama bin Laden was still in Pakistan, in a television interview between high-level talks in Islamabad.

"I believe (bin Laden) is here in Pakistan and it would be very helpful if we could take them (Al-Qaeda leaders)," Clinton said.

Last month head of the CIA, Leon Panetta, said Al-Qaeda mastermind bin Laden remained in "very deep hiding", nine years after the world`s most-wanted fugitive first disappeared following the 2001 attacks.

BDST: 1659 HRS, July 19, 2010