Posted on 11/01/2001 9:33:05 PM PST by Pericles
Friday November 2 12:09 AM ET
Report: Taliban Arrest Pro-King Afghans, Plan Execution
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban have arrested 25 followers of tribal leader Hamid Karzai, a supporter of ex-King Zahir Shah, and plan to execute some on Friday, Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported.
``It is expected that some of the important people of those arrested may be hanged later today in Kandahar though it is possible that they may be hanged in Uruzgan,'' AIP quoted a Taliban source as saying.
The followers were arrested by the Taliban Thursday during a chase to try to hunt down Karzai, a former deputy foreign minister in the previous government, in the mountains of central Uruzgan province.
AIP said Taliban were still trying to find Karzai, who is believed to be on a mission similar to that of former mujahideen commander Abdul Haq, captured and summarily executed by the Taliban last weekend. Karzai family members said on Thursday that he was fine.
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