Dramatic pix as Northern Alliance enter capital + people celebrate + comment

Описание: (13 Nov 2001)
1. Kabul scene
2. Various Northern Alliance troops patrolling in streets
3. Various of man suspected of being Taliban (wearing black turban, white shirt) being arrested
4. Arrested man being driven away
5. Various of Northern Alliance soldiers drinking tea at roadside
6. Various of Northern Alliance soldiers spot checking cars in street
7. People on bicycles in street cheering
8. People dancing and cheering on roof of truck which is playing music on loudspeaker
9. Various of people in street dancing and clapping to music
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop:
"All the people were dancing in the city."
(Q: How was last night?)
"Last night was good. No problem. It was very nice, very good. No fighting."
11. More of people celebrating in street on the roofs of vehicles and on bicycles
12. Various of men waving from inside bus
13. Various of crowd at roadside, with music playing in background
14. Northern Alliance soldiers holding portrait of Ahmed Shah Massood, the late commander of the Northern Alliance
15. Various of destroyed building that housed Al Jazeera television's office
16. Two Northern Alliance soldiers outside building believed to be the Justice or Police Ministry
17. Trucks carrying Northern Alliance soldiers in street
18. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Yunis Qanuni, Northern Alliance Interior Minister (rough translation)
"We are here to pave the way for the creation of a council to serve as a true representative of the people of Afghanistan and to make decisions about a transitional government."
19. Northern Alliance policeman
20. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Yunis Qanuni, Northern Alliance Interior Minister (rough translation)
"We follow our own strategy and our own plans, and we are not looking for the leadership or recommendations of anyone outside of Afghanistan."
21. Three men carrying various weapons, including rocket propelled grenades, and claiming to be patrolling to maintain security in Kabul
STORYLINE:
Following their victories in the north, Afghan opposition fighters entered Kabul on Tuesday after Taliban troops escaped the city, abandoning the capital without a fight.
As the sun rose over the Hindu Kush mountains, Kabul residents shouted out congratulations, honked car horns
and rang bells on their bicycles.
Men shaved off the beards that had been mandated by the Taliban and played music which had previously been banned.
Groups of heavily armed Northern Alliance soldiers roamed the city in taxis, trucks and cars, seeking out Arabs, Pakistanis, Chechens and others who had come to Afghanistan to fight with the Taliban.
Five Pakistanis were killed in a shootout early on Tuesday, witnesses said, and their bodies laid out in a public park hours later.
Alliance troops were setting up roadblocks on streets where Arabs and others associated with al-Qaida movement had been living.
Alliance soldiers stood guard outside the offices of some international aid organisations.
Mindful of international concern over their behaviour, the Alliance was rushing in three-thousand specially-trained security troops to maintain order.
The Northern Alliance's Interior Minister told APTN that his troops planned to set up a legitimate government, and were not meant to be an occupying force.
However, Yunis Qanuni said the Alliance had plans in place for a future government and was not asking for international intervention.
It was unclear whether he was speaking on behalf of the Alliance leadership.
The channel's managing director said no one was in the office when it was hit before dawn.

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