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North
Alliance Targets Herat and Kabul
Sailors handling ordnance wait with two
500 pound laser guided bombs as an F-18
Hornet is catapulted off the aircraft carrier
USS Carl Vinson, 11/11/01
Excerpts
from article describing the rapid advance of the Northern Alliance
through a takeover of much of northern Afghanistan, presaging
upcoming efforts to overtake Herat and the area surrounding
Kabul.
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Opposition
forces in Afghanistan are reported to have entered the key western
city of Herat and to be preparing for a major push towards the
capital Kabul. ...
Meanwhile, a Northern Alliance commander told Reuters news agency
that an offensive towards Kabul would be launched on Monday.
...
"We hope the ground offensive will start this afternoon,"
he said, as American B-52 bombers pounded Taleban positions
north of Kabul.
(click for BBC video from Kabul)
The
Northern Alliance have already taken a large part of the north
of the country following the capture of the key city of Mazar-e-Sharif.
On Sunday the Alliance drove the Taleban out of the town of
Taloqan, an economic centre. ...
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'Now
the South Must Rise Up'
Excerpt
from article detailing the scope of recent Northern Alliance
victories:
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The
Northern Alliance claimed sweeping victories across northern
Afghanistan last night as the Taliban apparently abandoned stronghold
after stronghold and headed south towards the capital Kabul.
Abdullah
Abdullah, the alliance's foreign minister, said that the Western-backed
forces had seized more than 40 per cent of the country in the
48 hours since the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday.
In
Mazar there were reports of men queuing at barbers' shops to
shave off the beards the Taliban had forced them to wear. Music
formerly forbidden by the religious police was blaring from
shops and some women had cast off their burqas, the reports
said.
Last
night forces were reported to be on the outskirts of the strategic
western city of Herat and preparing to launch a final assault.
Western
troops arrive by lorry
in northern Afghanistan
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Amid reports of Taliban forces fleeing and hundreds killed,
Donald Rumsfeld, the American defence secretary, called on the
Taliban heartland in the South to rise up. He said in Washington:
"The Northern Alliance has had victories and now it is
time for the southern tribes to get active."
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Gen Colin Powell, the secretary of state, said that America
would now begin to "encourage" tribal leaders in the
Pathan-dominated South. But he did not say how this would be
done.
He
said: "As we start to encourage those southern tribes,
I think they might start deciding that there is a better life
to be had by separating themselves from the Taliban and trying
to help the Afghan people, rather than keep this repressive,
evil regime in place that supports Osama bin Laden and al-Qa'eda."
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The alliance's leaders were buoyant after two days of military
action following the fall of Mazar, which they said had brought
them the control of cities and crossroads on three fronts and
allowed them to "reach the gates" of Kabul. They
claimed that the Taliban had lost their main fighting force.
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Best
of CNN Videos (November 5 to November 10)
Pop-up
windows for some of the best of recent CNN web videos (Note
- CNN adds videos frequently - see their web
sites for links to all of their video selections):
Alliance
eager to take Kabul
(2:14)
CNN's Matthew Chance reports Northern Alliance troops
are eager to strike Kabul, buoyed by fall of Taliban stronghold
Mazar-e Sharif (November 10)
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War
from a pilot's perspective
(3:16)
Many U.S. bombing runs over Afghanistan originate from
aircraft carriers. CNN's Frank Buckley reports on the
war through a pilot's eyes. (November 9)
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Cold
weather and war
(1:56)
The Pentagon says cold weather may deter many of the special
forces that make targeting the Taliban easier. CNN's Jamie
Mcintyre reports (November 7)
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Concorde
flies again
(2:00)
CNN's Richard Quest rides along as the Concorde again
takes flight (November 7)
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U.S.
wants to support Afghan troops
(2:24)
The Pentagon is looking for new and better ways to provide
support for anti-Taliban troops. CNN's Jamie Mcintyre
reports (November 6)
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N.
Alliance continues offensive
(2:31)
The Northern Alliance says its captured the districts
of Zari and Okhupruk as well as the city of Kisindeh (November
6)
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Rumsfeld
visits India
(1:52)
The U.S. Defense Secretary was in India where tensions
over Kashmir could damage the anti-terror campaign. CNN's
David Ensor reports (November 6)
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Afghan
veteran war stories
(2:20)
CNN's Alessio Vinci spoke to two veterans of the Soviet-Afghan
war and got their views of the current military operations
over Afghanistan (November 6)
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Northern
Alliance stage exercise
(2:12)
CNN's Matthew Chance watches Northern Alliance troops
stage a live-fire drill to build experience and morale
(November 5)
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Female
Beauty Like a Drug for Heterosexual Men
Excerpts
from article describing the drug like positive response of heterosexual
males to physically beautiful women:
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Brain
scans show attraction hard-wired
in male brain.
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Researchers said the study, published this week in the journal
Neuron, shows that feminine beauty affects a man’s brain
at a very primal level, not on some higher, more intellectual
plane.
“Beauty
is working similar to a drug.”
...
Researchers showed a group of heterosexual men in their mid-20s
pictures of men and women of varying attractiveness, while measuring
the brain’s responses through computer imaging.
The
experiment used a series of 80 photographs of faces that fell
into four standard categories: beautiful females, average females,
beautiful males and average males.
The
beautiful women were found to activate the same “reward
circuits” as food and cocaine do.
The
men had a negative reaction to pictures of good-looking males,
suggesting they were threatened by them.
...
“While we know that experience, learning and personal idiosyncrasies
all have an impact on attraction between particular individuals,
these results show that this basic reward response is deeply
seated in human nature.”
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Scientists said the findings could have major implications for
research into what motivates people. “We think of these
things as a products of a very high level of thought ... and
it may be very basic and fundamental.”
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