On October 12, 1996, rival Afghan military…
October 1996 CE
On October 12, 1996, rival Afghan military commanders General Abdul Rashid Dostum and Ahmed Shah Massoud form an alliance to fight the Taliban and establish a non-fundamentalist government in the nine northern provinces they control.
Three days later, Afghan forces opposing the Taliban open a second front east of Kabul.
On the 16th, leaders of the Taliban meet with General Dostum to discuss broad-based peace talks aimed at demilitarizing the capital of Kabul and the formation of a central government.
On the 20th, The advancing forces of Massoud launch a rocket attack on the Kabul airport.
On the 24th, fighting between the Taliban and rival militias intensifies outside Kabul as Taliban MiG fighter jets attack Jamaat-i-Islami positions north of the capital.
(Source: Washington Report On Middle East Affairs; A Chronology of US-Middle East Relatons)
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