Alliance takes three more locations around Mazar
Northern Alliance forces said they had taken Zari, Keshendeh and Aq-Kupruk, key locations around Mazar.
The fall of Zari, Keshendeh and Aq-Kupruk districts, reported by commander Atta Mohammad's force, took the opposition coalition a step closer to the key northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Atta's spokesman, Mohammad Ashraf Nadeem, said the three districts had fallen in heavy fighting in which 200 Taliban were killed and 300 had surrendered.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2001-11-06 |