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| Freed Taliban say 600 Pakistanis still In Shiberghan jail |
| 2003-01-18 |
| NNI Over 600 Pakistanis and some 500 Afghans are still languishing in the diabolic Shiberghan jail near Mazar Sharif, Taliban prisoners freed by the Afghan government told newsmen. My heart bleeds for them... No, wait. That's the chili. Dozens of Taliban prisoners who surrendered in Kunduz during US invasion and were later freighted to Shibergah in pathetic containers have returned to the Boldak district of Qandahar after they were set free by the Afghan government. Why send them to Spin Boldak? So they can pop back over the Pak border for some R&R before resuming the ways that got them jugged in the first place? Narrating their imprisonment saga at Shiberghan, the returning Taliban said they were not released by the brutal jail authorities even one month after their release orders had been issued by the Karzai government. "The Shibergahn jail authorities only released us after collecting Rs 150,000 each," the malnourished Taliban revealed. The ex-prisoners said that they were given half a loaf of bread and a lump of rice per prisoner while in jail. "Pakistanis were not allowed to meet any visitors or the Afghan mates," they said. On their way to Kabul and Kandahar, the freed Taliban said they were subjected to payment of bribes and coercion, about which they said they had apprised the Afghan interior minister. Gosh, things are tough for jailbirds... The released Taliban were ferried to Kandahar from Kabul by the UNHCR trucks, wherefrom they travelled onward to Boldak on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Guess jihad ain't all it's cracked up to be, is it? But take a couple months off, hang around the mosque for awhile, listen to a few Qazi or Fazl speeches, and you'll be ready to go again. Suckers. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 Diabolical Jails, pathetic containers, half a loaf of bread and a lump of rice. Sounds like Edger Allen Poe. Almost gets the digital sympathy meter to register just above the noise level. I think that we are dealing with containerloads of low cognitive abilities. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-01-18 21:46:00 |
| #3 If Anonymous is right, the jihadis had better fork over the Rs 150,000 to the Shibergahn jail authorities, and pronto. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-01-18 16:48:58 |
| #2 These whiners should be relieved. Mohammed ordered the murder of prisoners of war, except where they could be ransomed for booty. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-18 12:17:14 |
| #1 Fred, I am convinced that if scientific research were done, that the cause of Irritable Bowel Syndrome could be directly traced to the whining and gnashing of teeth of those (Paleos, NKors, Paks, Talibs, Soddys, etc.) suffering the consequences of their very own actions |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-01-18 11:32:33 |