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...they are the force that's going to actually dislodge the Taliban. And Kabul is the capital of the country. Still, it is very complex - the Northern Alliance doesn't want any Taliban elements in the post-Taliban government, and there are going to have to be negotiations to work this out, because it may be impossible to create a stable government without some form of retreaded, moderate version of the Taliban having a stake. The Taliban are from the Pashtun group, which at 38 percent of the population is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. Right...
...Going In Oct. 29, 2001 ----------------- The Fear Factor Oct. 22, 2001 ----------------- Facing the Fury Oct. 15, 2001 ----------------- How Real Is the Threat? Oct. 8, 2001 ----------------- Life on the Home Front Oct. 1, 2001 ----------------- One Nation, Indivisible Sept. 24, 2001 ----------------- Day of Infamy Sept. 14, 2001 PHOTO ESSAYS Kabul Unveiled Taliban on the Run More Photos >>> MORE STORIES Where's OBL: Letter from Tora Bora Anthrax: Where the Investigation Stands TIME/CNN POLL: Americans Standing By Bush's War More Stories...
Just then Taliban anti-aircraft guns a couple of miles away opened up. They do not seem to be aiming with any precision - most guidance systems have been taken out by the bombing of Kabul. Instead they seem to be groping blindly through the sky, in the general direction of a plane, which circled unconcerned, high above our heads. A local guerrilla, a sort of village idiot with an RPG (rocket propelled grenade), climbed out the trench and did a clumsy pantomime, pretending in the full view of the Taliban to be shooting down the plane with his rocket propelled...
Rabat, 25 miles from Kabul By the standards of this soporific war, the front line at Rabat was quite lively this week. A rocket exploded in front of the trenches as we approached, sending up an impressive cloud of gray dust, and a few bullets from a Taliban position 500 or so meters away whistled lazily through the air. The Taliban do this about 5:30 every evening, a local commander said...
...Going In Oct. 29, 2001 ----------------- The Fear Factor Oct. 22, 2001 ----------------- Facing the Fury Oct. 15, 2001 ----------------- How Real Is the Threat? Oct. 8, 2001 ----------------- Life on the Home Front Oct. 1, 2001 ----------------- One Nation, Indivisible Sept. 24, 2001 ----------------- Day of Infamy Sept. 14, 2001 PHOTO ESSAYS Kabul Unveiled Taliban on the Run More Photos >>> MORE STORIES Where's OBL: Letter from Tora Bora Anthrax: Where the Investigation Stands TIME/CNN POLL: Americans Standing By Bush's War More Stories...