Desmond J. O'Malley
Ceist:57 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will intervene with the Afghanistan authorities on behalf of 70 people who have been detained in Kabul on charges of looting and who are in imminent danger of amputation if found guilty by the Taliban Islamic Court; and if his attention has been drawn to the manner in which women are treated in the parts of Afghanistan, including Kabul, which are under the control of the Taliban forces. [20520/96]