The eight foreign aid workers locked in a Taliban jail...

The eight foreign aid workers locked in a Taliban jail and facing trial on charges of spreading Christianity - a capital offence - have been left behind in a rush to leave Afghanistan before a possible U.S. attack.
Although the United States has not directly blamed the attacks [on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington on September 11] on Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, who is sheltered in Afghanistan by the Taliban, foreigners and even residents have poured out in expectation that Washington will conclude he was the mastermind of the attacks.