Word: barnarhuddin
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...Northern Alliance forces on the Kabul front put on a show of force for foreign journalists Monday, mustering some 3,000 troops and 24 tanks for a pep-talk from former president Barnarhuddin Rabbani and some drilling and live fire exercises. At the rally, some Alliance commanders boasted they could take Kabul within two weeks, but the progress of their counterparts on the Mazar-i-Sharif front may be something of a reality check. The northern city remains the focus of U.S.-backed efforts by the Northern Alliance to score an important victory over the Taliban before winter sets...
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