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Northern Alliance captures Mazar-i-Sharif from the Taliban

Northern Alliance fighters, backed by U.S. airpower and special operations support, captured the strategic northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on November 9, 2001.

Northern Alliance captures Mazar-i-Sharif from the Taliban

The city's fall deprived the Taliban of a major northern stronghold, opened a route toward Kabul, and signaled a rapid collapse of Taliban territorial control in Afghanistan.

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