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...dead of night, horses poured from the hills. They came charging down from the craggy ridges in groups of 10, their riders dressed in flowing shalwar kameez and armed with AK-47s and grenade launchers. In the Kishindi Valley below, 35 miles south of the prized northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the few Taliban tanks in the area not destroyed by American bombs took aim at the Northern Alliance cavalry galloping toward them. But the 600 horsemen had been ordered to charge directly into the line of fire. "If you ride fast enough, you can get to them...
...Tonight, the occasional burst of gunfire still rings out in the city, but order is fast returning. Alliance soldiers patrol the streets and monitor traffic at checkpoints. AK-47s slung over their shoulders and sacks of RPG rockets in the back of their high-powered pickup trucks. But in a country that has been at war for more than two decades, armed fighters are merely part of the scenery...
...third, some Taliban emerged from a hidden position to their right. "A group of Taliban popped up on our right - six, eight of them," says Levon Sevunts, a journalist for the Montreal Gazette who survived the encounter. "They opened fire on the APC from the right - rifle fire, AK 47s...
...dead of night, horses poured from the hills. They came charging down from the craggy ridges in groups of 10, their riders dressed in flowing shalwar kameez and armed with AK-47s and grenade launchers. In the Kishindi Valley below, 35 miles south of the prized northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the few Taliban tanks in the area not destroyed by American bombs took aim at the Northern Alliance cavalry galloping toward them. But the 600 horsemen had been ordered to charge directly into the line of fire. "If you ride fast enough, you can get to them...
...When the push finally came, Atta's bravado was thoroughly exposed. On Monday evening, he and Dostum sent their men forward on foot and horseback, armed with AK-47s. Almost immediately they met resistance from the better-manned and better-armed Taliban. Depending on which account of the battle you believe, it was at best a defeat, at worst a rout. What is certain is that the reversal set the tone for a very bad week for the ragtag coalition of warlords ranged against the Taliban...