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| Taliban sez no indication Saudis will sever ties |
| 2001-09-22 |
A Taliban official said Saturday there was "so far" no indication that Saudi Arabia would follow the UAE's lead and sever ties with Afghanistan's Islamist ruling militia. "The office (embassy) is still open and we have not received any instructions (to leave) so far," the Taliban's acting charge d'affaires in Riyadh, Sayyed Mutiullah Khalwati, told AFP. The United Arab Emirates on Saturday snapped diplomatic ties with the Taliban for refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden, Washington's prime suspect in the September 11 jetliner suicide bombings in New York and Washington. The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are the only three countries in the world to have established diplomatic ties with the Taliban, and Islamabad said Saturday it would maintain those links. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |