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Kandahar Falls !
Reuters ^ | Wednesday November 14 9:16 AM ET

Posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:49 PM PST by flamefront

Alliance Envoy Says Kandahar Falls to Opposition

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (Reuters) - Northern Alliance ambassador in Tajikistan Said Ibrohim Hikmat told reporters that the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar fell into the hands of the opposition and tribal rebels Wednesday.

``Today the forces of the Northern Alliance entered Kandahar,'' the ambassador said.

``They went in with the support of the local population which was rebelling,'' he said. ``The town is now under the control of the northern alliance. There are no Taliban in the city.''

The report could not be independently confirmed but one tribal leader said the Taliban had thrown a defensive circle around Kandahar and would fight off any attempt to capture the city.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kandahar
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Great news. Now the Taliban has only the hills to run to.
1 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:49 PM PST by flamefront
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To: flamefront
If Reuters (aka Voice of the Taliban) is reporting it, it must be true...

;-)

2 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:58 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: flamefront
This is impossible. Only last week the Brigadiers were informing us that three weeks of bombing had only strengthened the Taliban's resolve.
3 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:58 PM PST by Cu Roi
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To: flamefront
Kandahar is ours -- ALL OURS!!
4 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:58 PM PST by Jack Wilson
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To: flamefront
Kandahar?! I thought that held all of the Taliban military headquarters (mainly in Mosques).
5 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:58 PM PST by Texaggie79
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To: flamefront
Problem is the country is still in the hands of those stoooopid afghans. When have they shown any capacity to lead anyone anywhere?
6 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:58 PM PST by Warren
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To: flamefront
What about the hostages?
7 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:58 PM PST by hchutch
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To: EternalVigilance
now we wait for winter...no ground troops from us needed. Just detect warm spots in mountains and KABLOOOEY
8 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:58 PM PST by smith288
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To: flamefront
Hills, caves, tunnels, mummmm, 15,000 pounders seems like to me. Bury them alive or burn em with napalm.
9 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:58 PM PST by RetiredArmy
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To: flamefront
ALL YOUR BASES ARE BELONG TO US!
10 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:59 PM PST by ChinaThreat
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To: EternalVigilance
STRATFOR is reporting that the Taliban is organizing a 'tactical retreat' to tiny neighborhood convenience stores all over America.
11 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:59 PM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: flamefront
Now the Taliban has only the hills to run to.

Great! So the scum will die like rats in their stinking holes!

12 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:59 PM PST by Walkin Man
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To: flamefront
The Taliban never was much of a great military power. Saddam war rated number 4 at one point. No has mentioned where the Taliban were rated.

Now the game may or may not begin in earnest. The US must decide what it will do if anything to bring peace or whether it will just let the country quietly descend back into hell. I doubt that the tribes are ready to call it a day.

I noticed that the aid workers are now afraid to drive into the countryside. A 40,000 man army just turned into highwaymen desperately in need of a little food to survive.

13 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:59 PM PST by Elihu Burritt
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To: flamefront
Has anyone heard if the american girls the talibans are holding were released?
14 posted on 11/16/2001 1:07:00 PM PST by gulfcoast6
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To: ChinaThreat
ALL YOUR BASES ARE BELONG TO US!

And the NA has now assumed the role of TARGET. Good luck, guys. We need to prosecute a GORILLA (that's right) WAR and stomp the livin' sh*t out of these dirtbags.

15 posted on 11/16/2001 1:07:00 PM PST by stboz
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To: smith288
no ground troops from us needed.
I'm afraid the Pentagon doesn't agree.
I repeat what I posted to CNN, as NATO deployed the 50,000 in Kosovo, in August 1999 : this number will not be reduced until the BIG BANG or evil will be crashed.
16 posted on 11/16/2001 1:07:00 PM PST by Milosevic2
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To: flamefront
Great news. So where's Osama and the murderous Mullah Omar?
17 posted on 11/16/2001 1:07:00 PM PST by Ciexyz
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To: flamefront
Great news. Now the Taliban has only the hills to run to.

I think Kunduz may remain to be taken. I've read that a lot of the foreigners are still holed up there, perhaps planning to actually fight.

18 posted on 11/16/2001 1:07:00 PM PST by untenured
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To: flamefront
But, but, but, al-Jazerra showed video today of "life as normal" in the Taliban held city of Kandahar.
19 posted on 11/16/2001 1:07:01 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: flamefront
'Twas the night before... 'Twas the night before Payback and all through the Land, They're running like rabbits in Afghanistan, Osama's been praying, he's down on his knees, He's hoping that Allah will hear all his Pleas. He thought if he killed us that we'd fall and Shatter, But all that he's done is just make us Madder. We ain't yet forgotten our Marines in Beirut, And we'll kick your butt, with one heavy Boot. And yes we remember the USS Cole, And the lives of our sailors that you bastards Stole. You think you can rule us and cause us to Fear, You'll soon get the answer if you live to hear. And we ain't forgotten your buddy Saddam, And he ain't forgotten the sound of our Bombs. You think that those mountains are somewhere to hide. They'll go down in history as the place where you Died. Remember Khadhafi and his Line of Death? He came very close to his final Breath. So come out and prove it, that you are a Man, 'Cause our boys are coming and they have a Plan. They are our fathers and they are our Sons, And they sure do carry some mighty big Guns. They would have stayed home with children and Wives, Till you bastards came here and took all these Lives. Osama I wrote this especially for You, For air mail delivery by B-52. You soon will be hearing a thud and a whistle, Old Glory is coming, attached to a Missile. I will not be sorry to see your ass Go. It's Red, White, and Blue that is running this Show.
20 posted on 11/16/2001 1:07:01 PM PST by RoadKing
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