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| Talibs will execute UN workers using computers |
| 2001-09-23 |
The Taliban have threatened to execute any U.N. worker who uses computers and communications equipment in Afghanistan, forcing a near halt to the remaining relief work in the country, U.N. officials said Monday. The militia raided U.N. offices in Kabul, the capital, and Kandahar, where the Taliban leadership is based, during the weekend and sealed their satellite telephones, walkie-talkies, computers and vehicles to bar them from use, according to U.N. spokeswoman Stephanie Bunker. Bunker said that without communications, relief operations would be impossible. "The U.N. has ordered its staff to obey the Taliban directive to avoid risking their lives," she said. "We have requested the Taliban to allow at least one high frequency radio transmitter" in cities with U.N. operations. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |