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Afghanistan - Taliban Rebels Ready to Launch Offensive on Kabul
APTV
Logar province, near Kabul, Afghanistan - 23 & 22 September 1995.
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The opposition Taliban movement in Afghanistan backed down from an earlier threat to attack the capital Kabul. The Talibans say they wanted to give civilians more time to take cover before the fighting begins. Meanwhile, the United Nations special envoy Mahmood Mestiri returned to Kabul Sunday to try to get the two sides to sign a cease-fire agreement. The Taliban gunmen are ready and willing to launch an offensive on Kabul; thousands gathered in Logar province, south of Kabul, in preparation for the attack which, despite the reprieve, looks set to go ahead. The opposition rebels say want to minimise civilian injuries by giving the resident of Kabul more time to seek cover before the fighting starts.
Taliban forces using anti-aircraft guns mounted onto tank.
Movement of Talibans holding guns.
Empty shells and rockets lying on the ground.
Men standing on tank preparing for fire.
Several gvs Taliban movements with tanks.
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Afghanistan - Kabul Zoo Numbers Among the War's Many Victims
APTV
Kabul, Afghanistan - 18 February, 1996
They're the forgotten victims of a six-year war. In the besieged Afghan capital of Kabul, it's not only the humans who are suffering but the animals too. Many of the creatures in the city's national zoo have been killed, wounded or even eaten as the civil war rages around them. But the survivors linger on, cared for by the zoo keeper who has become their lifeline. Amidst a devastated Kabul lies Afghanistan's zoo - today home to just a handful of residents. This bear has lived through six years of continual bombardment that's flattened the surrounding neighbourhood. The zoo itself has been hit on numerous occasions. But it's still not without its star attraction - the lion den.
Medium shot Kabul in ruins
Pan out to bear in zoo compound
Close shot zoo sign
Medium shot lion and lioness
Medium shot Mujahaddin looking at lions
Close shot lion roaring
Close shot lion roaring at sounds of fighting
Medium shot of Mujahaddin looking through fence
Medium shot warthog
Medium shot Mujahaddin with monkey
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Afghanistan - Government Cracks Down on Crime
APTV
Kabul, Afghanistan - March-April 1996
With food and medicine in short supply, Afghanistan's beleaguered government is cracking down hard on crime in a bid to maintain public order. Three people have just been publicly hanged in Kabul after being convicted by an Islamic court of murdering two shepherds and stealing a flock of sheep. It's believed to be the first government sanctioned hanging in the Afghan capital since 1992.
WS crowds at execution site
MS crowds in tree
WS nooses hanging, zoom in to close up of nooses
Prisoners being brought on tank
Soldier standing in from of crowd carrying missile
Prisoner being lifted up to noose
CU noose being put around prisoners neck
WS crowd on roof top looking on
WS three prisoners hanging by nooses
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Afghanistan - Government Troops Continue Offensive Against Taliban Forces near Kabul
APTV
Band-i-Ghazi, near Kabul, Afghanistan - 21 May 1996
Afghan government troops, joined by soldiers from a newly allied faction, are continuing their offensive against rebel Taliban forces southeast of the capital, Kabul. They claim to have broken through Taliban lines, inflicting heavy damage and casualties. Over 100 people are reported to have died in Kabul over the last few days after the capital came under Katyusha rocket fire from the rebel Islamic fighters.
CS rocket head

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