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Bloody Taliban Uprising, U.S. Involved, Troops Land in Kandahar
Monday, November 26, 2001
(01:30 GMT)
Islam Online & News Agencies

An alliance commander said the nearby city of Khanabad fell to his forces without a fight.

KABUL,Pakistan
Scores of people were reportedly killed Sunday when U.S. warplanes bombed a fort to quell a bloody uprising of fighters who surrendered to opposition forces after giving up their defense of the Taliban's northern stronghold of Kunduz.

The uprising, which sparked a fierce six-hour battle between the Taliban prisoners - mostly non-Afghans - and Northern Alliance troops, was quelled with the aid of tanks and U.S. warplanes, Pentagon officials said.

The Pentagon also confirmed U.S. warplanes were deployed to help the Northern Alliance put down the uprising, but gave no indication of casualties.

One witness spoke of about 100 dead, while a Time magazine correspondent said he had heard that 300 to 400 Taliban were killed in the air strikes directed by U.S. and British commandos on the ground.
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