"… l. They are launching what they hope will be a final offensive against the Northern Alliance, the last force standing between them and complete control of Afghanistan. …"

"… launch their summer offensive against their sole remaining opposition, the Northern Alliance, in mid-July. But they held off while the United Nations made a last, desp …"

"… oup—captured Kabul in 1996, they have repeatedly tried to finish off the Northern Alliance made up of Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara and Turkmen minorities. They hope this wil …"

"… of my enemy is my friend. Iran and Uzbekistan give military support to the Northern Alliance, which still holds Afghanistan’s United Nations seat and is the last org …"

"… it helped the Taliban capture the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif from the Northern Alliance.Bin Laden’s brigade is the best financed and organized of all the expatr …"

"… litical aide to former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, leader of the Northern Alliance, says the Taliban gave Yoldasev a house in Kandahar, then in May let him s …"

"… l with Islamabad’s blessing for the Taliban summer offensive against the Northern Alliance.Their leaders have set up receiving centres and offices in the central dis …"

"… he Taliban’s worst enemy and leader of the anti-Taliban United Front, or Northern Alliance.In the present crisis, bin Laden’s flattery of Omar has reached new heig …"

"… ." He went further still, arguing that PMCs were ideal vehicles to aid the Northern Alliance forces that fought against the Taliban or the Iraqi resistance to Saddam H …"

"… ce. I don't think people would have objected if a PMC was working with the Northern Alliance. Other countries, it's more complicated. Sudan is a complicated issue. I s …"

"… ought off a Soviet occupation in the 1980s, U.S. officials argued that the Northern Alliance and Afghan pilots were more familiar with Russian helicopters, which are r …"