61.   Family visits have been severely restricted and at one point no visits were allowed for two years, Amnesty International said.

62.   Family visits were allowed only recently.

63.   Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil will now allow visits from relatives, diplomats and the International Red Cross, the Taliban-run Bakhtar News Agency said.

64.   Frequent visits would be allowed by parents, relatives and friends, who would have to observe strict rules governing defilement.

65.   He added that the prisoners will be allowed visits by British and Canadian diplomats Thursday morning.

66.   He has been allowed visits by his wife and access to newspapers and radio, the newspaper reported.

67.   He is allowed visits by relatives and his lawyer.

68.   He said the Vatican and the United States shared the same goals of securing the release of political prisoners and allowing Red Cross visits in Cuban jails.

69.   He was allowed visits only from his wife, children and lawyers.

70.   However, his wife, Li Guoping, was not allowed to visit him until Monday despite regulations that allow monthly visits.