Word: chaghatai
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...woke up this morning to hear the terrible news that three of our colleagues were killed on Chaghatai ridge last night, one day after the Northern Alliance thought they had cleared it of all Taliban resistance. It has sent a chill through all the journalists here, as well as the Afghan drivers, interpreters, military commanders and officials we have been working with. Below is an account of what happened, as best we can reconstruct it from the journalists who survived and the Afghan soldiers who were with them...
...Saturday the Northern Alliance took the first line of trenches on Chaghatai ridge after prolonged shelling and US aerial bombardment. The general in command, Moammar Hassan, told us late Saturday night that most of the Taliban had fled, and there was just one hill left to take. Saturday night to Sunday morning there was quite a lot of shelling in the area, mostly outgoing...
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