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...Mazar-i-Sharif is the strategic linchpin of Northern Afghanistan. Military strategists consider the capture of the city essential - both to prove the battle-worthiness of the Northern Alliance and also for the ultimate defeat of the Taliban. The capture of the city has also been deemed a necessary victory before the onset of Ramadan and winter...
...Even if the Northern Alliance manages to cast aside doubts over its fighting ability and seizes Mazar-i-Sharif before the onset of winter impedes the prospects for ground warfare, the U.S. will have to do more of the heavy lifting itself in the campaign to defeat the Taliban. With Washington having been given the nod by Moscow, U.S. personnel are currently scouting airfields in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, not only as logistical bases for long-term resupply efforts in an expanded Northern Alliance-controlled slice of northern Afghanistan, but also as potential staging areas for a more substantial commitment...
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...foreign journalists Monday, mustering some 3,000 troops and 24 tanks for a pep-talk from former president Barnarhuddin Rabbani and some drilling and live fire exercises. At the rally, some Alliance commanders boasted they could take Kabul within two weeks, but the progress of their counterparts on the Mazar-i-Sharif front may be something of a reality check. The northern city remains the focus of U.S.-backed efforts by the Northern Alliance to score an important victory over the Taliban before winter sets in. Alliance troops have begun moving on Mazar, but with mixed results. A spokesman said...
More Graphics Tora Bora Nukes Pipeline Taliban Revolt Last Bastions Women & Islam No Refuge Taliban on the Run Afghan Caves Mood of the Nation Mazar-I-Sharif Terrorist Timeline Al-Qaeda Suspects Flu/Anthrax Sharing Secrets Al-Qaeda's World Ground War 11.4.01 Bush Team Grades Bioterror Threats War in Winter Workplace Safety Afghan Targets Anthrax Pathogen A Ground War An Uneasy Ally Targets Hit Search & Destroy Firepower & Food Frozen Assets Safety Guide Mideast Leaders Agents of Death Afghanistan Military Buildup Terrorist Cells Our Weapons Deadly Paths Twin Terrors CNN.com Latest news: War Against Terror