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Word: abdurahim (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2001-2001
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...focusing its attention on a time-honored Afghan tradition--trying to entice the opposing commanders to switch sides. Carefully lowering his considerable bulk onto cushions spread around the floor--most Northern Alliance commanders are at least four clothes sizes larger than the rank and file--General Abdul Rahim Abdurahim explains how it works. He has been sending envoys to Kabul to meet with generals who switched sides before the Taliban victory in 1996. It is going well, and they are keen to rejoin the Northern Alliance, he assures us. It is just a matter of time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Different Vantage | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

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