(31 Aug 2001)
August 31 2001
1. Various of David Brooks, Director of Flight Operations at Partners in Aviation and Communications Technology (PACTEC) leaving PACTEC compound and driving away
2. Various exteriors of PACTEC compound
3. Wide shot exterior of International Assistance Mission (IAM) building
4. Mid shot of entrance to IAM building with tape over lock
5. Close shot of tape on gate lock
6. Mid shot of gate to SERVE - an international Christian aid organization - compound and pull out
7. Close shot of SERVE sign
August 28 2001
8. Various of people unloading bottles of alcohol from truck
9. Various of bottles of alcohol
10. Various of people smashing bottles of alcohol
11. Mid shot of burnt out van next to pool of alcohol
12. Close shot of pool of alcohol
13. Vodka crates burning
14. Wide shot of burning crates
STORYLINE:
Afghanistan's hard-line Islamic rulers sealed the offices of two Christian humanitarian aid organisations in Kabul on Friday.
No expatriates were arrested, but they have been ordered to leave the country within 72 hours.
The move comes less than one month after closing a German-based group and arresting its foreign and Afghan staff on charges of trying to entice Muslims to Christianity.
The offices and homes of the American group International Assistance Mission - based in Afghanistan but operated by 50 mostly American expatriate workers - were taken over Friday by armed members of the Taliban's intelligence service.
The group runs two eye hospitals and several clinics and had been active in Afghanistan since 1965.
Six foreign workers of Partners in Aviation and Communications Technology (PACTEC) - which is affiliated to International Assistance Mission (IAM) - also left their offices in the city early on Friday, telling a guard that it was "too dangerous to remain."
Tim Mindling, an American national and IAM acting chief and health coordinator, was apparently questioned by the Taliban authorities until 4 am Friday local time, according to Taliban guards outside his home in Kabul.
The IAM expatriates - all volunteers - lived in Afghanistan with their families.
They lived in some of the country's poorest neighbourhoods, without electricity or running water and most of them spoke Pashtu and Persian - the languages of Afghanistan.
The Taliban also closed SERVE, an international Christian aid organization which conducts health and shelter-related projects.
Earlier in the week, soldiers smashed hundreds of bottles of alcohol that had survived five years of Taliban rule.
The Taliban's religious police, which enforces the government's strict Islamic edicts, destroyed the liquor that had been hidden in the basement of the only major hotel in the capital, Kabul.
When the Taliban took control of Kabul in 1996, they destroyed any alcohol they found and banned most forms of entertainment.
They set fire to cinemas, outlawed music and strung cassette tapes from poles throughout the city.
The Taliban now rule about 95 percent of Afghanistan, where they have imposed their strict brand of Islam.
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