Word: antiaircraft
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...Alliance forces advanced to within 12 miles of Mazar, but a fierce Taliban counterattack led to savage street battles; Alliance forces managed to hold their front line but failed to advance much further. It's unlikely that the Alliance will march on Mazar anytime soon. The Taliban's antiaircraft weapons and control of the airport make it hard for the Northern Alliance to replenish ammunition, blankets and food. "Dostum is fighting with his bare hands," says a senior aide based in Uzbekistan. "He simply doesn't have enough bullets...
...them by positioning artillery near mosques and schools--erecting human shields and daring the U.S. to hit them. Daud Khan, 28, a refugee coming out of Kandahar, the Taliban stronghold, told TIME that the regime's forces have moved into residential quarters of the city, occupied houses and put antiaircraft guns on the roofs. Another 45 camouflaged truckloads of weapons have been moved into the mountains...
...Alliance forces advanced to within 12 miles of Mazar, but a fierce Taliban counterattack led to savage street battles; Alliance forces managed to hold their front line but failed to advance much further. It's unlikely that the Alliance will march on Mazar anytime soon. The Taliban's antiaircraft weapons and control of the airport make it hard for the Northern Alliance to replenish ammunition, blankets and food. "Dostum is fighting with his bare hands," says a senior aide based in Uzbekistan. "He simply doesn't have enough bullets...
...them by positioning artillery near mosques and schools--erecting human shields and daring the U.S. to hit them. Daud Khan, 28, a refugee coming out of Kandahar, the Taliban stronghold, told TIME that the regime's forces have moved into residential quarters of the city, occupied houses and put antiaircraft guns on the roofs. Another 45 camouflaged truckloads of weapons have been moved into the mountains...
...Alliance forces advanced to within 12 miles of Mazar, but a fierce Taliban counterattack led to savage street battles; Alliance forces managed to hold their front line but failed to advance much further. It's unlikely that the Alliance will march on Mazar anytime soon. The Taliban's antiaircraft weapons and control of the airport make it hard for the Northern Alliance to replenish ammunition, blankets and food. "Dostum is fighting with his bare hands," says a senior aide based in Uzbekistan. "He simply doesn't have enough bullets...