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Word: barnharuddin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...stay out of the capital. Some spokesmen, that is. Local commanders have been quoted as saying quite the opposite, and the truth is that the Alliance remains deeply divided within its own ranks. Many of its Tajik elements on the Kabul front support the return to power of President Barnharuddin Rabbani, ousted by the Taliban in 1996 - a scenario repugnant not only to the Pashtuns and their Pakistani backers, but even to other factions of the Northern Alliance. But Russia, set to become the quartermaster-in-chief to the Alliance, has already pledged to back Rabbani's return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the Northern Alliance Control Kabul? | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

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