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Interim Afghan government taking shape.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
KOENIGSWINTER, Germany _ Talks on Afghanistan's political future neared the home stretch Saturday night as the northern alliance, responding to heavy pressure, stopped squabbling and released a list of candidates to serve in an interim government.
The northern alliance apparently gave ground on two major points: the size of a proposed multinational peacekeeping force and the role of pre-Taliban president Burhanuddin Rabbani in an interim government.
Northern alliance foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, speaking to reporters in Kabul, said Rabbani would likely have some role but "not necessarily as president of the Islamic State of Afghanistan." He also ...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Tamayo, Juan O. Shlachter, Barry November 16, 2001 700+ words
...Pashtun south. If northern alliance troops don't stop...ethnic Pashtun and the northern alliance," said Zulmai Afzali...overrun Tuesday by northern alliance fighters. The Pashtun...c) 2001, Knight Ridder/Tribune Information...
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...up a horse and riding with northern alliance fighters into Mazar-e-Sharif...dated Oct. 25, told of northern alliance cavalry advancing under mortar...he said. ___ (c) 2001, Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Raghavan, Sudarsan November 29, 2001 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Gerlin, Andrea October 1, 2001 700+ words
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...ground advances by the opposition northern alliance and defections by local Pashtun leaders...American troops are "embedded in northern alliance" elements, helping arrange food...and likely will be killed by the northern alliance. "The Taliban are holding on and...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Raghavan, Sudarsan December 14, 2001 700+ words
...the Panjshir River. Massood, the northern alliance's charismatic ethnic Tajik military...important," said Abdul Sabur, 38, a northern alliance radio operator. "We appreciated...differently when he saw Karzai and senior northern alliance officials such as Mohammed Fahim...
- U.S. soldiers, northern alliance fighters form unlikely bond.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Garcia, Malcolm December 16, 2001 700+ words
...lucky to be in the northern alliance and have jobs. A...them back." The northern alliance would not allow its...airbase. Bearded northern alliance fighters stand beside...c) 2001, Knight Ridder/Tribune Information...
- A U.S. shift in attention favors Northern Alliance's lobbyist.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Mondics, Chris November 26, 2001 700+ words
...the Washington lobbyist for the Northern Alliance that is fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan...unofficial Washington office of the Northern Alliance, hums as English and aides hurry...head," she said. But now that the Northern Alliance troops have swept through Afghanistan...
Source: HighBeam Research, Interim Afghan government taking shape.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)