Afghan rebels capture Mazar-e-Sharif: official

Afghan rebels capture Mazar-e-Sharif: official

JABAL US SARAJ, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance's tanks are ready in Charikar, northern Afghanistan, on Nov. 9 to head for the battlefront in a bid to capture Mazar-e-Sharif, a stronghold of the Afghan ruling Taliban. A senior Northern Alliance official claimed the alliance's troops entered Mazar-e-Sharif and met little resistance.

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