Afghanistan: May 5, 2001

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A former general in the pro-Soviet Afghan government of the 1980s, Abdul Rashid Dostam, returned from exile in Turkey to join the Northern Alliance fight against the Taliban. Dostam is a Uzbek and was one of the more capable Afghan generals fighting for the Soviets. In the north, Taliban troops recaptured ground from the Northern Alliance. 

 

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