New Delhi - The Taliban's Foreign Minister yesterday hinted that the Afghan Islamic movement might consider swapping eight detained foreign aid workers for a blind Muslim cleric jailed for life in the US for plotting to blow up the World Trade Centre and the UN.
Mr Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil said the Taliban would consider a proposal by Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman's family to exchange the cleric for four Germans, two Australians and two Americans who were arrested in Kabul five weeks ago on charges of preaching Christianity. There has been no comment from Washington on a possible deal.