(16 Oct 1996) 35243
Afghanistan - Taliban Forces Threaten New Offensive North of Kabul
APTV
Northern Afghanistan - 1-2 October 1996
Taliban forces are massing north of the Afghan capital of Kabul threatening a fresh offensive against ousted government troops unless they surrender. Former troops of President Rabbani who lost Kabul to the Taliban last Friday have taken refuge in the Panshir Valley 75 kilometres north of the city. Hundreds of people fled from the Panshir before Rabbani's forces dynamited the narrow entrance to the valley blocking the Taliban's advance.
2nd October - Salang Highway
Various shots of troops walking along the highway
1st October - Panshir Valley
Various shots of explosion as government troops block valley entrance
Shot of people running away
Various shots of tanks lined up (Taliban)
Shot of men climbing onto tank
Close up of man
Various shots of people being searched
Various shots of tapes being destroyed
35637
Afghanistan - Taliban Forces Launches Offensive on Government Troops
APTV
Salang and Panjshir, Afghanistan - 8 October 1996
Intense fighting broke out in Afghanistan as Taliban forces launched an offensive on retreating former government troops on the Salang Pass, north of the capital, Kabul. The latest fighting brings the Taliban closer to the area under the control of Uzbek warlord Rashid Dostum. Earlier, it was reported that Dostum had threatened to attack Taliban positions if there was no end to the fighting in the Panjshir. Afghanistan's Taliban Muslim militants opened a new offensive Tuesday away from their onslaught against government troops in the Panjshir valley. Locals were fleeing the Salang Pass as Taliban rockets fired salve after salve into enemy positions.
Salang:
LS shell landing on hillside
WS same
MS rocket launcher firing and zoom out
Rocket impact on hillside
Taliban fighters loading rocket launcher
CU Taliban fighter in back of truck
Truck passes camera
Panjshir:
Explosion on hilltop
Tank firing
Helicopter firing rockets
Various explosions on hillside
MS Taliban soldiers with radio
MS soldier loading anti-aircraft gun
Various anti-aircraft gun on truck firing
36202
Afghanistan - Further Fighting as Taliban Leaders Defy Ultimatum
APTV
Sarobi and Salang Tunnel, Afghanistan - 14-16 October 1996
(variable quality)
Fighting flared north of Kabul as radical Islamic Taliban leaders defied an ultimatum to quit the city and neighbouring Iran called for a peaceful settlement by all factions. Taliban also opened sudden peace talks with powerful northern warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum at a meeting apparently brokered by Pakistan, another influential neighbour. In northern Afghanistan, General Rashid Dostum met representatives of the Taliban in Mazar-e-Sharif, several hundred kilometres north of Kabul. Dostum, who has formed an alliance with the deposed government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani, has been trying to open negotiations with the Taliban Islamic army. Soldiers loyal to Ahmed Shah Massood have been staging a series of successful guerrilla-style attacks on Taliban troops scattered along the road that leads north out of the capital.
Sarobi - 16th October 1996:
Various of Taliban soldiers waiting in position
Salang Tunnel - 14th October 1996:
Mountain road
Various of soldiers being inspected
Dostum saluting
Soldiers at ready
Massood walking through crowd
Rabbani walking through crowd
Wide shot of tunnel entrance with soldiers
Massood leaves building

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