Northern Alliance

He's the special representative for the Afghan United Front, also called the Northern Alliance, which is trying to topple the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2001 2001

Those orange areas that we've highlighted here are the areas that are the resistance fighters against the Taliban and the so-called Northern Alliance, which is really an umbrella group for a lot of people.

CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2001 2001

The Northern Alliance is the staunch supporter of Karzai and his family members, for they, on one hand, give the government in Kabul a Pashtun colour, and sustain their close relationship with Iran, on the other.

Ehsan Azari: Iran Reaps Benefits from the Afghan War 2010

Together, these communities comprise 45 percent of Afghanistan's population -- slightly higher than the Pashtuns '42 percent -- and were the base for the so-called Northern Alliance that fought the Taliban in a civil war that raged from 1989 until the U.S. invasion in 2001.

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Afghanistan, Iran, and Petraeus' Real Challenge 2010

Together, these communities comprise 45 percent of Afghanistan's population -- slightly higher than the Pashtuns '42 percent -- and were the base for the so-called Northern Alliance that fought the Taliban in a civil war that raged from 1989 until the U.S. invasion in 2001.

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Afghanistan, Iran, and Petraeus' Real Challenge 2010

Massoud was the military commander of a loose coalition of warlords and militia leaders who had been ousted by the Taliban and were now calling themselves “the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan”—better known as the Northern Alliance.

A Woman Among Warlords Malalai Joya 2009

Taliban being Pukhtoon cleaned Afghanistan of Indian and Iranian assets (both India and Iran supports Northern Alliance, which is in government right now in Afghanistan).

Finding Clarity in the Baluchistan Conundrum 2009

After all, the United States did not overthrow the Taliban or free Afghanistan; it merely helped a coalition of tribes called the Northern Alliance to achieve these goals.

Amitai Etzioni: Right On: Obama Turns to the Tribes 2009

But the Northern Alliance, which is the core of Hamid Karzai's support, has the blood of thousands on its hands as well.

Civilian deaths in Afghanistan 2008

But the Northern Alliance, which is the core of Hamid Karzai's support, has the blood of thousands on its hands as well.

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