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To: BubbaFred who wrote (41495)	11/9/2001 8:51:30 AM
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Northern Alliance 6-7 km (4 miles) away from Mazar-i-Sharif timesofindia.indiatimes.com Afghan Oppn advancing on Mazar-i-Sharif ABUL: The Northern Alliance advanced Friday on the key northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-i-Sharif and were only six or seven kilometers (3.6 or four miles) away, according to a spokesman. Mohammad Ashraf Nadeem, spokesman for Northern Alliance commander Atta Mohammad, said the troops were advancing towards the city's edge and the airport under heavy bombing by US warplanes of Taliban positions. A Taliban spokesman said earlier that the ruling militia had rushed reinforcements to the provincial capital in preparation for a bloody battle for Mazar-i-Sharif. Most of the civilian population has left the Taliban-held northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, which is under attack from opposition forces, an opposition spokesman said. The spokesman also said the Northern Alliance had declared an amnesty for people in Mazar-i-Sharif who had previously supported the militia. Mohammad Ashraf Nadeem, a spokesman for Northern Alliance commander Atta Mohammad, said from the region that opposition forces had stepped up their advance on Mazar-i-Sharif. "The morale of our forces is very high and according to the reports we have from Mazar, most of the civilian population has already left the city." He added: "President Burhanuddin Rabbani and the defence ministry of the Northern Alliance has declared a general amnesty for those local people who have been supporting the Taliban