Northern Alliance soldiers clean an artillery piece near Dashti Kola in northern Afghanistan near the front line October 17, 2001. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Northern Alliance soldiers stand next to their "Grad" rocket-launcher near the town of Dashti Kola, near the front line in northern Afghanistan, October 17, 2001. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Soldiers of Afganistan's anti-Taliban Northern Alliance build an airstrip 22 October 2001 in the Goulbahar region, some 50 km (31 miles) north of Kabul. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ
