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Alliance claims Chaghcharan
  • AP
    Meanwhile, the rebels fighting to topple the Taliban claimed Thursday they had taken a key central province after heavy fighting with Taliban forces during the night. Mohammed Abil, a spokesman for the northern alliance of opposition groups, said by telephone from Pakistan thatAfghanistan's Gur province, including the capital, Chaghcharan, fell to opposition fighters shortly after midnight Thursday. Heavy fighting continued into the morning in several provincial areas, Abil said.
    Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2001-10-11
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