New York: Heaping scorn at the audio tape purported to be from al-Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri seeking overthrow of his Government, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has asserted that he would "eliminate" all al-Qaeda terrorists.

"Now as far as if he's taunting me well. I would like to say that I'm going to eliminate all of them," he said in an interview to an American television network a day after an audio tape attributed to Zawahiri urged Pakistan's military to support al-Qaeda and overthrow Musharraf.

"Can Zawahiri take over? I mean Zawahiri is on the run. For heaven's sake, it's just one tape. Let's not get excited. Just one tape, which even if he's all alone somewhere in the mountain with Osama (bin Laden), he can make that tape and issue it. What is the worry? They can never take over," he told ABC television network in an interview.

Asked if he sure that he would get bin Laden and Zawahiri before they get him, Musharraf said he could not be 100 percent sure.

"I mean I am quite loose at my security. But I believe in destiny, and since we have unearthed so much, I'm sure things will be all right. I am very sure we will eliminate al-Qaeda from our region," he said.

Asked whether Zawahiri was in the areas surrounded by Pakistan forces and escaped or was he never there, Musharraf said he had never named him.

"Actually, this word 'high-value target' originated with me. I did say that because of the fierceness with which they were defending, I'm not at all sure that it was Zawahiri," he added.