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| Afghanistan |
| Taleban deny capture of US troops |
| 2001-09-29 |
| BBC Afghanistan's ruling Taleban have denied that any US special forces are operating in areas under their control - or that any American soldiers have been taken captive. The statement comes shortly after Qatar's Al-Jazeera television reported that Afghan security forces had arrested three American soldiers and two Afghan guides in western Afghanistan, near the border with Iran. "It is totally wrong. We deny this news that they have come to our areas," Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, the Taleban Defence Minister told Reuters in Kabul. However, Al-Jazeera says it stands by its original report which has been reconfirmed by its Islamabad correspondent, Reuters news agency reports. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |