Taliban Says Loses North Town to Opposition Forces

22/04/2001| IslamWeb

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghan opposition forces have captured the town of Zari Bazar, some 60 miles south of the strategic city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the Afghan Islamic Press quoted Taliban spokesman Abdul Hai Mutmaen as saying on Monday.
A day earlier the opposition Northern Alliance and the forces of independent General Rashid Dostum said they had made advances toward the strategic town of Mazar-i-sharif and said they hoped to take it in the next few days. (Read photo caption below)
The opposition forces seized Zari in Balkh province on Saturday night, AIP said.
Afghanistan's opposition forces have launched new attacks in three northern provinces and taken at least one district from the ruling Taliban movement, the Pakistan-based AIP said on Sunday.
PHOTO CPTION:

Afghan Northern Alliance soldiers sit on a tank in the street of Jaboul Saraj in Northern Afghanistan, September 23, 2001. Afghan opposition forces said they had seized more territory from the Taliban in northern Afghanistan and could soon threaten the strategic city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The advances could not be independently confirmed. (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)
- Sep 23 1:25 PM ET