Word: kapisa
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...says Saifuddin Ahmadi, a 52-year-old Kabul cabdriver. In the Afghan capital, anger over civilian casualties is leavened by the knowledge that U.S. and NATO troops may be keeping Afghanistan from plunging into civil war. In the countryside, opinions are stronger. Haji Obaidulla, 65, who lives in Kapisa province, northeast of the capital, says he "would prefer civil war to being killed by American air strikes...
...south of Jabal-us-Seraj--U.S. air strikes that have bolstered the confidence of these men. "Since the beginning of the American attacks, there have been no Taliban air attacks on our positions, and shelling from their artillery has lessened," says Fazel Ahmad Azimi, the Northern Alliance commander of Kapisa province, north of Kabul. "Most of the Taliban artillery has been pulled back from front-line positions either into the Koh-i-Safi hills or for the defense of Kabul. And in those firebases that remain, the artillery has been dispersed. We are now fully prepared to move...
Supplies are a major problem. Sitting in a shell-pocked command post with a panoramic view of the Kapisa front lines, Mahmad Zahir, a platoon commander with 21 years of combat experience, pulls out three Kalashnikov rifle magazines from the webbing under his jacket and lays them on the floor for inspection. Two of the three are empty. "We're 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...
...south of Jabal-us-Seraj?U.S. air strikes that have bolstered the confidence of these men. "Since the beginning of the American attacks, there have been no Taliban air attacks on our positions, and shelling from their artillery has lessened," says Fazel Ahmad Azimi, the Northern Alliance commander of Kapisa province, north of Kabul. "Most of the Taliban artillery has been pulled back from front-line positions either into the Koh-i-Safi hills or for the defense of Kabul. And in those firebases that remain, the artillery has been dispersed. We are now fully prepared to move...
...Supplies are a major problem. Sitting in a shell-pocked command post with a panoramic view of the Kapisa front lines, Mahmad Zahir, a platoon commander with 21 years of combat experience, pulls out three Kalashnikov rifle magazines from the webbing under his jacket and lays them on the floor for inspection. Two of the three are empty. "We're 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...
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