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by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. CLICK FOR NEWSPAPER DELIVERY
Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Saudi Arabia severs diplomatic ties with Afghanistan's Taliban
Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia cut all ties with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia on Tuesday, saying its leaders were defaming Islam by harboring and supporting terrorists.
The move by one of the most influential nations in the Islamic world leaves Pakistan as the only country to maintain diplomatic relations with the hard-line Islamic Taliban, and hands the United States a major success in its effort to isolate the Taliban over their refusal to surrender Osama bin Laden.
Without identifying bin Laden by name, the Saudi government accused the Taliban government of continuing "to use its land to harbor, arm and encourage those criminals in carrying out terrorist attacks which horrify those who live in peace and the innocent, and spread terror and destruction in the world."
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