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Front Lines: Marines to Seek Out Taliban, al Qaeda
Monday, November 26, 2001
(8:07 PM ET) (01:07 GMT)
The Cable News Network

Joint Chiefs Chairman Air Force Gen. Richard Myers said Kandahar is "the last bastion, we think, of Taliban resistance," but he predicted the city would not fall easily. "We think they'll dig in and fight and fight, perhaps to the end," Myers said.

SUMMARY:
U.S. Marines are working to turn up the pressure on Taliban and al Qaeda forces after establishing a base at an airfield south of Kandahar. Meanwhile, Northern Alliance troops, backed by U.S. jets, continued battling a revolt by Taliban prisoners near Mazar-e Sharif that has reportedly left hundreds dead.

Efforts to assemble a new government to replace the Taliban come to the fore in Germany on Tuesday, with delegates from several Afghan factions meeting in Bonn under the auspices of the United Nations. The conference begins as Northern Alliance troops continue trying to secure their grip on Konduz, the last major Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan, which fell Monday.
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Dan