[The] office was sealed Sunday after a raid by enforcement officers of the Taliban's ministry for promotion of virtue and prevention of vice, witnesses said. The officers reportedly seized a Bible, two computers and Christian literature translated into the local Dari language, cassettes and musical instruments.
The office, in operation just a few months, was the aid group's first venture into Taliban-controlled territory, said Community Relations Director Joan Grawvunder in Oshkosh. "I think we'd be foolish not to be worried. We know God's in control, but it's still people we know and care about," she said.
In Thursday's raid, the group seized as many as 36 Filipino captives from the southern town of Lamitan, a frequent target of the Muslim rebels. Nine were released shortly following the attack but 10 have been found beheaded.
On Sunday morning, Philippine army soldiers engaged in a gun battle with ...
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