Following Burma Army offensives against them in northern Shan State and Rakhine State, the three
Northern Alliance members launched coordinated attacks on five sites including military and police tollgates in Nawng Khio, Shan State, and the Defense Services Technological Academy in Pyin Oo Lwin.
Wazir claimed that
Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Masood was slated to meet Taliban Foreign Minister Abdul Wakil Mutwakal and Deputy Foreign Minister Mullah Jalil in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, when the peace process was derailed by the military coup in Pakistan.
Beaten less than six lengths in the Galway Plate,
Northern Alliance seemed to relish the test presented by three miles around Listowel twelve months ago and, with Andrew McNamara in the saddle for the first time, I expect him to be very much involved again today.
Afghan sources in Kabul said Gen Bismillah had a strong backing by the
Northern Alliance during the nomination process in parliament.
Danger: Along The Nile can run
Northern Alliance close at Musselburgh this afternoon
The
Northern Alliance said the majority of its soldiers were being held outside the city, but 3,000 specially trained "security troops" were being rushed in to maintain order amid reports of widespread looting.
This was a precarious time for the
Northern Alliance because their charismatic leader, Ahmad Shah Masood, had been assassinated on 9 September.
23, 2001, to the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, where Taliban forces were under siege by the
Northern Alliance. The
Northern Alliance told Berntsen that the planes picked up Pakistani intelligence advisors to the Taliban and several senior Taliban leaders and flew them to safety in Pakistan.
Nov 12:
Northern alliance forces capture the western city of Herat
I'D SUSPECTED SOMETHING LESS THAN 100% PERFORMANCE, BUT HERE THEY WERE, CARPET-BOMBING
NORTHERN ALLIANCE CITIES.
"We respect the Islamic dress code, but what the Taliban imposed on Afghan women, such as wearing the burka, is based only on the Taliban's Islam," Amina Safi Afzali, a representative of the
Northern Alliance, has said.