Taliban's 'dervishes of death' fight back with guns, rockets and suicidal ambushes

Article Abstract:

There is still strong Taliban resistance to Northern Alliance troops in some parts of Afghanistan. Many Afghan Taliban are defecting or surrendering, but foreign volunteers from countries including Pakistan and Chechnya are continuing to resist the Northern Alliance.

Civil war

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Confusion in race to Taliban's final bastion in north

Article Abstract:

There are conflicting reports about whether the Northern Alliance has entered the city of Kunduz, Afghanistan. However, it is known that the Northern Alliance has taken Khanabad, 12 miles from Kunduz, with competition between local warlords to be the first there.

Brief Article, Abstract, Northern Alliance (Afghanistan), Kunduz, Afghanistan

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Mullah Omar, the ascetic with golden chandeliers

Article Abstract:

Anti-Taliban troops have entered the compound on the outskirts of Kandahar, Afghanistan, where Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban supreme leader, lived. His home is very luxurious, even though he presented himself as austere.

Officials and employees, Economic aspects, Homes and haunts, Omar, Mullah Mohammad

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