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by sadfkhjasdf 1759 days ago
> After the fall of Kabul to the Taliban on September 27, 1996, Ahmad Shah Massoud and Abdul Rashid Dostum, two former enemies, created the United Front (Northern Alliance) against the Taliban, who were preparing offensives against the remaining areas under the control of Massoud and Dostum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Afghanistan

Amazing how it's almost an exact repeat of 25 years ago.