Kabul aid workers 'scared' BBC News Tuesday, 9 October, 2001, 13:34 GMT 14:34 UK The lawyer representing eight foreign aid workers on trial in Afghanistan says they are safe, but scared. The workers are being held in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which has been one of the targets in the US-led raids on Afghanistan. On the eve of Sunday's bombardment of Afghan targets, the Taleban authorities offered to release the aid workers if the US stopped threatening military strikes. The foreigners could face the death penalty if found guilty of trying to spread Christianity. Physically 'alright' "I did speak ...