11.   Robinson said she also raised several individual human rights cases with the government, including those of detained Australian aid workers and of French and Croatian journalists.

12.   So far no one has been allowed to visit the detained aid workers.

13.   Taliban say Western diplomats will be given visas to see detained aid workers.

14.   Taliban foreign minister tells Red Cross to visit detained aid workers.

15.   The detained aid workers were examined by Red Cross doctors and a nurse, said Musa, who refused to say what the examinations revealed.

16.   The hardline Muslim militia earlier said they refused visits because the detained aid workers might stop cooperating with them if they saw the diplomats.

17.   The letter asked the Taliban to show mercy and release the detained aid workers.

18.   The Taliban earlier said they refused visits because the detained aid workers might stop cooperating with them if they saw the diplomats.

19.   The Taliban, meanwhile, say the detained aid workers will be kept in seclusion until an investigation being conducted is completed.

20.   The Taliban, meanwhile, say the detained aid workers will be kept in seclusion until the investigation is completed.