Osama bin Laden's 'cook' returns to Sudan from Guantánamo Qosi acknowledged under oath that he had backed al-Qaeda since 1996 and had followed bin Laden to Afghanistan, where he worked as a cook at a compound in Jalalabad and also served as a bookkeeper and logistics chief. Bin Laden, the world's most wanted man, was killed in a US raid on his Pakistan hideout in May last year. Meruh said there had been "some sort of communication between American authorities and Sudanese authorities" over the Qosi case, and a team from the United States visited Sudan last month to finalise details. Bin Laden lived in Sudan for about five years until he was forced to leave in 1996. The United States imposed sanctions on Sudan in 1997, partly for its support of international terrorism. According to the Pentagon, 168 detainees are still being held at the prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.