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| Afghanistan |
| Talibs tell Binny to button it |
| 2001-10-10 |
"We have permitted Osama bin Laden only to issue statements," Minister for Education Amir Khan Muttaqi said in a statement reported by the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). "There is still a ban on Osama using Afghan soil for acts against any other country," he was quoted as saying. That marked a retreat from remarks just hours earlier by Taliban spokesman Abdul Hai Mutmaen who told the BBC's Pashto language service that the strikes had made it an obligation for all Muslims to wage jihad (holy war) against America. Mutmaen said Saudi-born millionaire bin Laden -- who the Taliban had previously said was under strict supervision with communications cut and his activities curtailed -- was now free to operate as he wanted. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |