The foreign minister of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban...
The foreign minister of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban was quoted saying the hard-line movement might consider swapping eight detained foreign aid workers for an Islamic militant, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, jailed in the United States
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The foreign minister of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban was quoted saying the hard-line movement might consider swapping eight detained foreign aid workers for an Islamic militant, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, jailed in the United States.
But, Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, quoted in the Taliban's Shariat Daily, stressed that the trial of the aid workers, accused of promoting Christianity, would first have to be completed.
There has been no comment from Washington.
But, Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, quoted in the Taliban's Shariat Daily, stressed that the trial of the aid workers, accused of promoting Christianity, would first have to be completed.
There has been no comment from Washington.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Reuters, 09/09/2001)
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