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                     Animals trapped at Kabul zoo
 
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   NDTV Correspondent

   Friday, November 16, 2001 (Kabul):

   The Afghan capital may have been liberated from the Taliban regime,
   but the animals at Kabul's destroyed zoo are still trapped.
   Located in southwestern Kabul, which was the scene of heavy fighting
   between 1992 and 1995, many animals bear signs of the long conflict.
   "Eight years ago in Kabul, different parties were fighting and the zoo
   was on the front line. One day, a hand grenade was dropped on the lion
   cage and blinded the lion in one eye and with the other eye he can
   only see five percent," said zoo keeper Shiragha.
   The zoo has been neglected during the Taliban rule. The animals are in
   a terrible state. Rubble is strewn all over and many of the cages are
   damaged. Many of the animals are wounded.
   Like the Afghan people, these animals too would be hoping for an end
   to their misery.