Advance on Kabul*
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Date: November 11, 2001*                     
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Battle Location: Near Bagram, Afghanistan*
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Battle Type: U.S./Northern Alliance assault vs. Taliban defend *
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Design by:  The Camo Workshop*
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Scenario description: From the Associated Press:  "(Northern Alliance) fighters launched their offensive (toward Kabul) just before noon, after one particularly fierce round of pounding by U.S. B-52 bombers.  Tanks and artillery provided cover as soldiers firing Kalashnikov rifles and rocket launchers charged forward.*
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"The advance toward Kabul capped four days of stunning victories by Afghanistan's opposition amid fierce U.S. attacks on the Taliban to punish it for harboring Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaida terrorist network, accused of carrying out the September 11 attacks in the United States.*
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"The alliance staged advances along the two roads leading to Kabul from the north.  There was no Taliban resistance along the Old Road, where opposition forces advanced to within four miles of the capital - to the town of Shakar Dara . . . *
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"On the New Road, however, Taliban soldiers and their allies - Arabs, Pakistanis, Chechens and others -- fought back.  Fierce gunbattles there killed and wounded an unknown number of fighters on each side."*
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In this scenario, Northern Alliance ground troops, backed by U.S. airpower, UAVs, and a small group of special forces, assault Taliban positions near Bagram on the road to Kabul.
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Notes: If played against the AI, the human player should play the U.S./Northern Alliance side.  Do not overlook U.S. spotter aircraft and airborne troops.*
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Source:  Gutkin, Associated Press, "Opposition Forces Close in on Kabul", November 12, 2001. 





