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NEWS ABOUT: Northern Alliance

Northern Alliance stories: 4 news summaries

  Afghan Governor 
 Rejects Karzai Election 


Dispute could spark fresh fighting in northern province

Nov 6, 09 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - A powerful warlord-turned-governor's rejection of Hamid Karzai's election victory is raising fears that one of Afghanistan's most stable provinces could collapse into fighting. Atta Mohammed Noor—the only one of Afghanistan's 34 governors to have openly supported Karzai's rival, Abdullah Abdullah—has denounced Karzai as an "unlawful president."... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • Northern Alliance • Afghanistan war • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election • Atta Mohammed Noor

(Newser) - The Bush administration stonewalled human rights organizations and branches of the US government that sought an investigation into the alleged mass murder of Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan in 2001, the New York Times reports. As many as 1,500 people may have died in the incident, under the command... More »

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Afghanistan • Bush administration • Taliban • investigation • FBI • human rights • war crimes • Department of Defense • Northern Alliance • Obama administration • mass graves • Abdul Rashid Dostum

 'American Taliban' 
 Pleads for Mercy 

Seeks freedom after 7 years in prison

Dec 18, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A young California man captured with the Taliban in 2001 is asking President Bush to commute the remaining 13 years of a 20-year prison sentence. John Walker Lindh, 27, joined the Taliban a month before the US-led invasion of Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks. Lindh claims he was never a... More »

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Afghanistan • Islam • Taliban • Department of Justice • Northern Alliance • George W. Bush • 9/11 attacks • John Walker Lindh • Marilyn Walker • Frank Lindh

Karzai Defies Legislators' Call to Sack Minister

Afghanistan parliament headed for "collapse" over standoff, MPs say

Sep 26, 07 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghanistan's government is at the breaking point, as President Hamid Karzai continues to defy the legislature's wishes to remove the country's foreign minister. Four months into the standoff, the New York Times reports, the president's opponents have threatened either to boycott Parliament or quit government altogether. More »

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Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • Northern Alliance

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