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To: michael97123 who wrote (55534)	11/14/2001 12:04:15 PM
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Kandahar airport, Jalalabad seized November 14, 2001 Posted: 11:59 a.m. EST (1659 GMT) Taliban supporters in the streets of Kandahar (CNN) -- Anti-Taliban Pashtun fighters have taken control of the Kandahar airport and the eastern city of Jalalabad has also fallen to anti-Taliban forces, U.S. sources told CNN Wednesday. The sources said there was street fighting in Kandahar and the Taliban still control some neighborhoods, but that Taliban fighters were fleeing in droves. With the opposition Northern Alliance taking control of Kabul early Tuesday, the focus had shifted to Kandahar. A senior U.S. official said Tuesday night that a serious fight was under way for control of the city, and there were indications Kandahar could fall soon. Arabic-language TV network Al-Jazeera reported anti-Taliban commanders had gathered about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Kandahar to rally their troops. Backing for the Taliban apparently was still strong in the city. Al-Jazeera broadcast videophone pictures of black-turbaned Taliban supporters in the streets of Kandahar, vowing to fight to keep the city from falling. Kandahar's mayor told Al-Jazeera that the Taliban troops are deployed around the city and in the surrounding mountains. Meanwhile, one day after the Taliban's dramatic retreat from Kabul, Afghanistan's former president was expected to return Wednesday to declare the capital city free of the Taliban. (Full story) The Taliban's withdrawal left residents of Kabul celebrating, and international leaders talking about a broad-based, multi-ethnic government for Afghanistan. (Full story)