Parents press to see jailed aid workers

Parents and Western diplomats pressed the Taliban today to be allowed to see eight jailed foreign aid workers to develop a legal defence as their trial into charges of preaching Christianity went into its second week.

Inside the muddy brown Supreme Court building in Kabul, Chief Justice Noor Mohammed Saqib was at a weekly meeting of judges from throughout the country discussing a variety of issues, including the case of the eight jailed aid workers.