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Taliban fighters pull out of Kabul as the Northern Alliance closes in

Five weeks after the first U.S. air strikes, Mullah Omar's government leaves its capital to the advancing Afghan force.

Five weeks after the first American air strikes, Taliban forces abandoned Kabul on November 12, 2001, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops. The Taliban had refused to hand over Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks, and Operation Enduring Freedom began on October 7. Taliban positions had been collapsing across the country ever since. Northern Alliance troops took the emptied capital the following day…

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