Pakistani tribesmen amass on border to fight with the Taliban

Описание: (1 Nov 2001)

0000 Armed tribesmen gathering at the border
0008 Mid shot of tribesmen
0014 Close shot of tribesmen waking past camera
0019 Tribesmen gathered with arms and their belongings
0023 Wide shot of tribesmen
0027 SOUNDBITE: (Pashtu) Fagir Mohammad, tribesman
"We daily send 50 vehicles of Mujahideen. We are in constant touch with the Afghan government. Sufi Mohammad is in Afghanistan, the Taliban told us, Afghanistan is home for all Mujahideen of the world."
0041 Wide shot of tribesman walking
0049 Tribesman resting
0052 Man holding AK-47 rifle
0055 SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Hafiz Jam Mohammad, tribesman
"The U-S action is not against Osama bin Laden or Mullah Omar. It is against the muslim world. We will defeat America - a defeat their grandchildren will remember for a long time."
0115 Men exercising
0120 Tilt from guns on ground to men and boys standing around them
0128 VISION ENDS

STORYLINE

Pakistani tribesmen are amassing on the border with Afghanistan, ready to fight for the Taliban.

The Pakistani government is trying to stop them crossing and the Taliban say they do not need extra men.

But the tribesmen say hundreds are crossing everyday.

VOICE-OVER

0003 Thousands of armed tribesmen are gathering on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

0008 The Pakistani government says it is preventing them from crossing into Afghanistan - and the Taliban are saying they should stay away and that

0014 But the tribesmen say some of their members have already joined the Jihad against U-S led forces and that large numbers of men are now crossing into Afghanistan everyday.

0027 This tribesman said they were sending 50 vehicles full of fighters into Afghanistan every day. Afghanistan, he said, was the home for all the world's Mujahideen.

0041 There is no independent confirmation that men are crossing into Afghanistan.

0045 But these pictures show large numbers of volunteers - armed with an array of machine guns - walking towards the border only 2 kilometres away.

0053 And they're keen to fight.

0055 This man said "The U-S led action is not aimed against Osama bin Laden or the Taliban's Mullah Omar. It was directed against the Muslim world. He vowed that the Taliban would crush America.

01 14 Although Pakistan says these men are not allowed to fight for the Taliban, it has little control over the border area - a tribal region with strong links to the Taliban.

0128 VISION ENDS

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