9 years ago
The Fall of Kunduz
Fourteen years ago, on November 25th, 2001, I watched the Taliban surrender Kunduz to Northern Alliance forces. It was a tense and dramatic day. I entered the city, on foot, before dawn, with a column of mujahideen fighters, and, like them, was confused by the noise of aircraft taking off from the city’s airport. After daybreak, at a mustering point in the city, enraged mujahideen commanders told me that what we had heard was an exodus...
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