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| Afghanistan |
| Northern Alliance wants to help |
| 2001-09-22 |
If the United States attacks Afghanistan's ruling Taliban as part of its new war on terrorism, Afghanistan's major opposition group is volunteering to help. The Northern Alliance -- the remnants of Afghanistan's pre-Taliban government -- controls less than 10 percent of the country, and it is reeling from the assassination of its military commander, Ahmed Shah Massoud. But Haron Amin, the Northern Alliance's representative to the United Nations, said the group can be a valuable ally against the Taliban. "We know the terrain. We know the turf. We speak the language," Amin told CNN. "We can be of maximum use in Afghanistan. And I think that's something the international community really needs to look at, needs to capitalize on that. We can do a lot of the groundwork." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |