Afghanistan - Massoud's forces repel attack

Описание: (11 Jun 1997) T/I: 11:08:24 GS 10:50:13


There's been heavy fighting in northern Afghanistan, where the Taliban militia have again clashed with forces resisting its campaign to unite the country under Islamic fundemantalist rule. The Taliban offensive is bogged down in the north against troops loyal to former government military commander Ahmed Shah Massoud, his ally Sayyad Jaffar Naderi, and Uzbek fighters led by General Abdul Malik.
Massoud's forces again appear to have repelled a Taliban attack near near the city of Jebul Siraj.
Several Taliban attempts to retake the city have been repelled by Massoud's troops, who have taken dozens of prisoners now kept at a POW camp at the village of Bazarak in the Pyandzh Gorge.

SHOWS:

OUTSKIRTS OF JUBAL SIRAJ, AFGHANISTAN 09/06
0.00 Boy carrying shell and shell loaded into gun;
0.06 Fighters watching;
0.09 Rocket launched (NATSOT);
0.14 Mortar fired;
0.17 Men watching from gun position;
0.19 Mortar fired;
0.22 Fighters on truck with gun;
0.27 Rocket fired and yelling;
0.36 Fighters in pickup truck;
0.42 Fighters with shell;
0.48 Fighters polishing shells;
0.53 LS fighters with gun;
0.57 Tracking shot of destroyed tanks and apcs;
1.03 Prisoners walking up mountain pass;
1.07 Prisoners washing in stream;
1.15 Prisoners kneeling in prayer;

1.22 VISION ENDS

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