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| | TIME.com: Kunduz Reveals the Fluidity of Afghan Battle Lines -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The breakdown of the mooted cease-fire may reflect divisions on either side of the battle lines around the besieged city where some 12,000 Taliban fighters, including about 3,000 Arab, Pakistani, Chechen and Chinese volunteers mostly linked with Al Qaeda, are surrounded by thousands of Alliance troops. |
 | | And once battle is joined many of those inclined to accept a deal may be inclined to simply surrender, easing the Alliance's passage into the city. |
 | | The various factions of the Northern Alliance are due to meet Monday in Germany with the Pashtun mujahedeen commanders and others who have taken over much of the south, as part of a U.N. effort to broker agreement on a new government. |
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