LONDON, 26 October — A London-based magazine said yesterday it was publishing a will written by Osama Bin Laden in which he complains of betrayal by fellow militants in Afghanistan. The Arabic-language Al-Majallah said the will, typed and signed by Bin Laden and dated Dec. 14, 2001, was obtained a week ago from a "very reliable" source in Afghanistan. It said the will depicted a man who appeared desperate and on the verge of death. "Reading it, you get the impression of a dying man. It may be that he was wounded and felt he was dying," Al-Majallah’s Editor in Chief Hani Nakshbandi told Reuters of the will, which is published this week. The date on the will suggested it was written at the height of US military strikes on Afghanistan in retaliation for the Sept. 11 attacks. There was no independent confirmation of the authenticity of the document. "We saw the cowardly Crusaders and the lowly Jews hold fast while fighting us, while soldiers of our nation raised the white flag and surrendered to their enemies," Bin Laden wrote in the will. "Even the students of religion (Taleban), only a handful of them were steadfast, while the rest fled before they met the enemy," it adds. Urging his children to remain faithful to God, he advises them "not to work for Al-Qaeda", without giving an explanation.