Posted on 09/09/2001 12:13:03 AM PDT by HAL9000
Foreign journalists retained in their hotel of KabulSunday September 09 2001 - 5h22 GMT
KABUL, 9 seven (AFP) - the taliban prevented Sunday morning the journalists and foreign photographers present in Kabul to leave their hotel, one learned from official source in the Afghan capital.
They show them to have taken the photograph day before of the lawsuit of eight foreign humane workers judged for " propagation of Christianity ".
The taliban moreover stopped several Afghan interpreters not to have prevented the journalists from taking these photographs.
" We will make a decision later ", said a person in charge of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs questioned by the AFP.
Saturday afternoon, the taliban had already inquired in the Intercontinental hotel of Kabul, in the search of films and hardware of catch of sight, preventing the journalists from coming out during approximately half an hour. They had also challenged several interpreters.
According to principles' in progress in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan under the cut of the taliban, it is strictly interdict to photograph alive beings.
All the foreign journalists wishing to work in Afghanistan must be accompanied by an interpreter who is provided to them by the administration taliban. They must also reside at the Intercontinental hotel during their stay in Kabul.
Only the regional managers of the news services accredited in Kabul have the right to spend the night in their offices.
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| Margrit Stebner, of Germany, center in white headdress, and other female workers of Shelter Now International sit in a car leaving the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001. Eight foreign aid workers appeared Saturday at the Taliban's highest court for the first time to plead their case on charges they preached Christianity in the devoutly Muslim nation. They said they were not guilty. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash) |
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| Saturday September 8, 01:58 PM Germen detainee Georg Taubmann waves to reporters as he and other detainees leave the Supreme Court in Kabul after their appearance there on September 8, 2001. Eight foreign aid workers on trial for promoting Christianity in Afghanistan were taken for the first time on Saturday to the ruling Taliban's court. (Zahid Hussein/Reuters) |
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| Saturday September 8, 01:43 PM John Mercer, father of detained American aid worker Heather Mercer, and Nancy Cassell, mother of the other American Dayna Curry, leave Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, after a trial of their daughters Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001. Eight foreign aid workers appeared Saturday at the Taliban's highest court for the first time to plead their case on charges they preached Christianity in the devoutly Muslim nation. They said they were not guilty. (AP Photo/Amir Shah) |
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| Saturday September 8, 12:31 PM Australian aid worker Diana Thomas, right, smiles with other unidentified female workers in a car as they leave Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001. Eight foreign aid workers appeared Saturday at the Taliban's highest court for the first time to plead their case on charges they preached Christianity in the devoutly Muslim nation. They pleaded not guilty. (AP Photo/B. K. Bangash) |
Afghan court resumes aid workers' trial
KABUL (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement has resumed the trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting Christianity in the Islamic country.
Reporters were not allowed in the court room on Sunday, and court sources said the eight accused were also not called to appear on the fifth day of the trial.
"We have started our deliberations of the case," Chief Justice Noor Mohammad Saqib told Reuters.
The accused -- four Germans, two Americans and two Australians workers of the German-based Shelter Now International agency -- made their first court appearance on Saturday and pleaded innocent to the charge of proselytising, which can carry the death penalty.
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| Detained female aid workers leave the Supreme Court in a van after their appearance in the Kabul court, September 8, 2001. Eight foreign aid workers on trial for promoting Christianity in Afghanistan were taken for the first time on Saturday to the ruling Taliban's court. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein BEST AVAILABLE QUALITY |
I despise the Taliban, but that is incorrect. They demand their people adhere to (their version of) Islam. That is not exactly "the past"..
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