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Taliban Repeat Atrocity Accusations
Thursday, November 01, 2001
(15:33 GMT)
By Bill Delaney / CNN

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is expected to leave late next week for Washington. Around that time, a nationwide series of road blockages is planned by a coalition of religious and political dissenting parties in Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- CNN
About an hour ago, the Taliban ambassador [Abdul Salam Zaeef] and deputy ambassador to Pakistan [Suhail Shaheen] concluded their press conference, again accusing the U.S.-led coalition that is bombing Afghanistan of genocide, saying the bombing is only uniting Afghans, not driving them apart.

They say 1,500 civilians have been killed in the bombing campaign; eight were killed Tuesday in attacks in Kabul and Kandahar, they said, on bridges, electric stations and on the front line north of Kabul.

The Taliban representatives did address one issue that has been brought up by the U.S.-led coalition. They denied that Taliban anti-aircraft fired at over-flights has been returning to the ground and causing some of those civilian casualties.
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