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TIME's Alex Perry was one of the first journalists to enter Mazar-i-Sharif after it fell to the Northern Alliance. There he met Ustad Mohammed Atta, a general who helped drive out the Taliban, and learned of the bloody aftermath of the city's fall. Read Alex's account at time.com/perry...
...place 28 miles to the city's north, but Taliban commanders mounted no counterattack. Alliance sources reported having lost a grand total of 10 men. There was a variety of reasons for the rout. The intense American bombing of Taliban forward troops had been devastating. The rapid fall of Mazar-i-Sharif and other northern cities chewed up Taliban morale. And their generals did not take advantage of the Alliance's nightlong pause in Qarabagh to attempt a counterattack. Maybe the generals feared that Kabul's civilians would attack them from behind if they battled the Alliance at the city...
...first western reporters to reach Mazar-i-Sharif, I was ushered into the home of Ustad Atta Mohammed, the Northern Alliance commander who--along with warlords Rashid Dostum and Haji Mohammed Mohaqiq--had taken the city a few days before. An ethnic Tajik, Atta, 37, is a bearded giant given to joking and easy small talk. He invited me to sit on his carpet and share a meal of qabeli, the Afghan national dish of rice, raisins, mutton, carrots and onions. In the past week, he has established himself as the unofficial mayor of Mazar, presiding over meetings of tribal...
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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