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DATE=11/14/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=AFGHANISTAN / SANCTIONS (L)
NUMBER=2-256144
BYLINE=AYAZ GUL
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
INTERNET=YES
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO:  Thousands of angry demonstrators have taken to 
the streets in the Afghan capital to protest U-N 
sanctions against the Taleban government for failing 
to hand over terrorism suspect Osama bin Laden.  As 
Ayaz Gul reports from neighboring Pakistan, the U-S 
backed sanctions have imposed financial and aviation 
restrictions on the Taleban, which controls most of 
the war-ravaged Afghanistan.
TEXT:  The demonstrators in the Afghan capital shouted 
anti-American slogans and demanded immediate lifting 
of the U-N sanctions, terming them cruel.
Witnesses say Taleban guards used gunfire to disperse 
the protesters, who broke into two U-N offices and 
smashed computers and windows.  Several Taleban guards 
were said to have been injured in their attempt to 
keep the mob from the buildings.  
The all-male crowd of mostly government workers and 
students also reportedly burned a U-S flag.
The United Nations is demanding that Mr. Bin Laden be 
handed over to the United States or a third country to 
stand trial.  He is accused of masterminding the twin 
bombings of U-S embassies in Africa last year. More 
than 200 people were killed in the attacks.
The U-N sanctions ban the Afghan airline (Ariana) from 
flying outside the country, and freeze overseas bank 
accounts and assets of the Taleban.  
The head of the Afghan airline, Akhtar Mansoor, calls 
the sanctions unjust and unfair.  He says the airline 
has only three planes and is not under the control of 
the Taleban.
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The Afghan official says that for the sake of nabbing 
Osama bin Laden, the United Nations is victimizing 20-
million people in Afghanistan.  The United Nations 
ignored a last-minute appeal by the Taleban to delay 
sanctions.
The Saudi-born bin Laden is living in hiding in 
Afghanistan.  The Taleban says he is a guest in the 
country.  The hard-line Islamic movement that controls 
most of the country maintains the United States has 
been unable to produce evidence proving Mr. Bin 
Laden's involvement in terrorism.   (SIGNED)
NEB/AG/RAE
14-Nov-1999 09:03 AM EDT (14-Nov-1999 1403 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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