U.N. says Taliban starving hungry people for military agenda ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) At least 600 civilians were , dragged from their homes and shot ' to death by the Taliban religious army, prompting thousands to flee 1 northwestern Afghanistan, oppo nents of the regime claimed Wednesday. ' U.N. officials in Islamabad said - they had received security reports 2 suggesting there were mass killings. in the area, followed by an exodus of civilians. Meanwhile, the Taliban also are denying emergency . food to 160,000 hungry people in opposition territory for military and polit ical reasons, U.N. representatives said Wednesday. The Taliban's Islamic militia seized Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, in September 1996 and now controls roughly 85 percent of the Country. It is battling a north ern-based opposition alliance that holds uie remaining 15 percent in the north. i:v l ,-r.--......