Word: kabul
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...they remain stuck in their trenches, waiting impatiently for the U.S. to heavily bomb the front-line Taliban assets--tanks, artillery and troop positions--that stand between the alliance and Kabul. Without U.S. air strikes to soften Taliban positions, the estimated 5,000 alliance troops north of the capital may not be strong enough to break through. "They're simply not ready for any big ground attack," notes a Western analyst who has made extensive visits to the front in the past two weeks. But the attack could come just the same...
...short of ammunition--for tanks, artillery, machine guns, rifles. It's already cold, but we don't have enough blankets, and we have no winter uniforms," says the bearded, sunken-cheeked veteran. "If the Americans hit the Taliban on the front lines hard, we could be in Kabul...
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...Iran and Pakistan are particularly interested in the future shape of Afghanistan's government. Pakistan despises the Northern Alliance because of its tilt against the Pashtun (also represented in Pakistan), its ties to archrival India and its disastrous rule of Kabul from 1992 to '96. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is blunt: "Their return would mean a return to anarchy and criminal killing." For its part, Iran, whose Muslims belong mainly to the Shi'ite branch of Islam, has backed members of the Northern Alliance representing Afghanistan's Shi'ite minority. On the sidelines of last week's meeting...
...some sort, to "provide confidence," as American officials put it. U.N. officials say they envision a force under U.N. commanders. The U.S., however, thinks a force mandated by the U.N. but under independent commanders would fare better. France believes that any force should be concentrated largely around Kabul, and says it is willing to send troops. The general feeling is that the force should be predominantly, if not exclusively, Muslim...