PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN/INDIA: AFGHANISTAN'S RULING TALIBAN HAS STOPPED SHELLING TWO GIANT BUDDHAS FOR THE DURATION OF MUSLIM HOLIDAY

Record ID: 972296

  • Title: PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN/INDIA: AFGHANISTAN'S RULING TALIBAN HAS STOPPED SHELLING TWO GIANT BUDDHAS FOR THE DURATION OF MUSLIM HOLIDAY
  • Date: 6th March 2001
  • Summary: KARACHI, PAKISTAN (MARCH 6, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) (QUALITY AS INCOMING) 1. SLV TALIBAN AMBASSADOR ABDUL SALAM ZAEEF LEADING EVENING PRAYERS IN HIS LIVING ROOM 0.07 2. SV MEN PRAYING 0.27 3. SV ZAEEF PRAYING 0.33 4. SV (Pushtu) ZAEEF SAYING: "The step has been taken on the basis of the decision of religious scholars. Now the work to destroy the statues has begun and 25 percent of the two huge statues (in Bamiyan) has been destroyed. I am not hopeful and not disappointed about these statues, whether the destruction will be stopped or will continue, but maybe if there is a message from religious scholars of the Arabic world, this may help" 2.05 5. SV ZAEEF SITTING WITH HIS INTERPRETER 2.13 7. SV ZAEEF WITH INTERPRETER/AIDES 2.20 8. MCU (Pushtu) ZAEEF SAYING: "They are making efforts to preserve these statues or transport them out of Afghanistan, but I would like to say that the U.N. should focus on helping and having mercy on the suffering people of Afghanistan who are dying in their hundreds because of cold weather and because of the unjustified and one-sided sanctions. These living people deserve more attention than those non-living things" 2.52 9. SV ZAEEF STANDS UP 3.01 10. SV ZAEEF WITH AIDES 3.05 BAMIYAN, AFGHANISTAN (FILE) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 11. GV OF CLIFF FACE WITH BUDDHA STATUE,TWO MEN PUSHING CART 3.11 12. LV CAVES IN CLIFF / GIANT BUDDHA STATUES 3.18 13. SV OF GIANT BUDDHA STATUES (5 SHOTS) 3.45 BHOPAL, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA (MARCH 6, 2001) (ANI - ACCESS ALL) 14. SLV BUDDHIST ACTIVISTS DEMONSTRATING 3.51 15. SV MARCHERS WITH BANNERS (2 SHOTS) 4.06 16. SLV/SV ACTIVISTS HOLDING BANNERS AGAINST TALIBAN (2 SHOTS) 4.16 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th March 2001 12:00
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  • Location: KARACHI, PAKISTAN/ BAMIYAN, AFGHANISTAN/ BHOPAL, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA
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  • Country: Afghanistan Pakistan India
  • Reuters ID: LVAMBNB5UERJ4L3RB3STZ2ORHMG
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