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| Al-Jazeera reports Afghans burning food drops |
| 2001-10-12 |
Al-Jazeera, the Arabic television station, is the only broadcaster in Kabul. Its correspondent, Tayseer Allouni, filed this report from the city yesterday, as the US-led bombing raids continued. His dispatches are subject to Taliban censorship: AFGHANS are burning the food parcels being dropped by American planes. They are being destroyed in anger, as people reject aid from those who are also dropping bombs on them. The people are refusing any help from the enemy, be it food or otherwise. They see it as a bribe for the blood of their children, their widows and the others suffering under the bombardment. Packs that fell in Khost province were collected and burnt, and some religious scholars have issued an edict prohibiting the eating of such supplies. I was told that this is because these supplies are seen as a con: America is ridiculing the Afghans by bombing us on the one hand and dropping food on the other. The situation in Kabul is dire. There is only partial power in the city. One-third of residents are totally without concentrated in and around Kabul airport. One missile hit four clay houses occupied by people. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |