September 26, 2001 (vol. 111, iss. 152) • Page Image 7
…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 26, 2001 - 7 Saudi Arabia severs ties with Taliban ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - All but sealing Afghanistan's isolation, Saudi Ara- bia formally severed relations with the hard- line Taliban government yesterday. Stung, the Taliban denounced the Saudi move as intolerable to all Muslims and accused it of siding with "the infidel forces." Fierce fighting was reported in northern Afghanistan, where an opp...…