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First Faryab and later on they moved towards Jozjan and they seem to be threatening Mazar-e-Sharif in the past days.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Abdullah, Spokesman for Anti Taliban Alliance\u003cbr/\u003eIt is believed as many as 2-thousand Taliban prisoners of war were massacred after the bulk of the militia's troops fled the city in disgrace last year.\u003cbr/\u003eThere have been reports of bloody reprisals by the Taliban troops as subsequent opposition strongholds in the north have fallen.\u003cbr/\u003eAbdullah says the people of Mazar-e-Sharif fear the worst if the Taliban again take the city.  \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"They have the right to fear about it, because when they (the Taliban) took Mainmana, when they took Faryab, they burned villages, they forces people to evacuate the area, they took hundreds and hundreds of the families as hostages.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Abdullah, Spokesman for Anti Taliban Alliance\u003cbr/\u003eThe spokesman says there has been little international attention to the fact that thousands have died bloody deaths in the Afghan conflict over the past year.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"I have been watching the television and the news on Kosovo and what's happening there but I think that from a humanitarian point of view, the situation in northwestern part of Afghanistan is much worse than what is going on over there. Unfortunately there hasn't been any media coverage of the situation.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Abdullah, Spokesman for Anti Taliban Alliance\u003cbr/\u003eAnalysts say the key to an opposition comeback is the condition of the shaky northern alliance.\u003cbr/\u003eRashid Dostum, seen here inspecting his troops in 1996, is believed to have fled the city.\u003cbr/\u003eHe is aligned with this man, Ahmed Shah Massood, who controls an area north of the Afghan capital Kabul.\u003cbr/\u003eAfghanistan's former president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, heads the alliance.\u003cbr/\u003eAbdullah says the anti-Taliban leaders have met and plan a coordinated attack on various Taliban positions.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"In the coming days the tide will turn against Taliban I hope.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Abdullah, Spokesman for Anti Taliban Alliance\u003cbr/\u003eBut the anti-Taliban coalition is mostly made up of Afghanistan's minority ethnic and religious groups, factions that sometimes fight each other as well as the Taliban army.\u003cbr/\u003eThe anti-Taliban alliance has been under heavy pressure since the Taliban captured its stronghold of Shebergan, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Mazar-e-Sharif, nearly a week ago.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Taliban, which means \"students of Islam,\" emerged in 1994, pledging to bring peace to Afghanistan after years of civil war. \u003cbr/\u003eThey have imposed a strict version of Islamic law in territory they control, banning women from work and study and forcing men to grow bushy beards.\u003cbr/\u003e Paris, France - 7 August, 1998; Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan - File.\u003cbr/\u003eMazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan - 24 May, 1997\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of Taliban troops rolling into city\u003cbr/\u003e2. Soldiers hoot at poster of Uzbek warlord Rashid Dostum\u003cbr/\u003e3. Soldiers rip down poster\u003cbr/\u003e4. Soldier stabs poster with gun as another beats it\u003cbr/\u003eParis, France - 7 August, 1998\u003cbr/\u003e5. Abdullah walks in room\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Abdullah, Spokesman for Anti Taliban alliance\u003cbr/\u003eMazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan - 24 May, 1997\u003cbr/\u003e7. Soldier cheering and pan to more arriving\u003cbr/\u003e8. People clash in street\u003cbr/\u003eParis, France - 7 August, 1998\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Abdullah, Spokesman for Anti Taliban alliance\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide shot of Abdullah walking\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Abdullah, Spokesman for Anti Taliban alliance\u003cbr/\u003eSilang Tunnel, Afghanistan - 14 October, 1996\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of anti-Taliban soldiers\u003cbr/\u003e13. Rashid Dostum with troops\u003cbr/\u003e14. Ahmed Shah Massood with troops\u003cbr/\u003e15. Massood and President Burhanuddin Rabbani\u003cbr/\u003eParis, France - 7 August, 1998\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Abdullah, Spokesman for Anti Taliban alliance\u003cbr/\u003eMazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan - 24 May, 1997\u003cbr/\u003e17. Soldiers try to disarm a man they think is loyal to Dostum\u003cbr/\u003eSar-e-Pul, Afghanistan - 23 May 1997\u003cbr/\u003e18. 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