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| Afghanistan |
| Alliance takes Ghor in overnight battle |
| 2001-10-11 |
ISLAMABAD: Afghan opposition forces have won control of the entire central province of Ghor after an overnight battle with their Taliban enemies, an opposition spokesman said on Thursday. "We have taken Ghor completely and people are very happy that we have freed them," Mohammad Ashraf Nadeem told AFP by satellite phone from northern Afghanistan. He said the forces of the opposition Northern Alliance under commander Fazul Karim Aimaq had clinched control of the province after a four-hour battle which finished around 8.00 am (0330 GMT). The spokesman said fighting had since moved south to the neighbouring province of Uruzgan. Ghor province is of limited strategic importance but its capture will be an important morale boost for the opposition forces, who claim that their victory was aided by civilians rising up against the Taliban. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |