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Wednesday, 28 November, 2001, 14:05 GMT

In pictures: Taleban prison revolt

Some 500 non-Afghan Taleban prisoners staged an armed uprising inside the Qala-e-Jhangi fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, where the Northern Alliance were holding them after they surrendered at Kunduz.
Helped by intensive US air attacks, the Northern Alliance regained control after a fierce three-day battle in which all the prisoners are thought to have been killed.

An Afghan man and two boys walk through the field covered with lifeless bodies of pro-Taliban forces in the fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif

A Northern Alliance fighter looks on, as local Red Cross workers carry away bodies of pro-Taliban fighters

Wide shot of Northern Alliance in front of fort

US special forces joined the assault, backed by air strikes

UK special forces near fort

US shell lands near Northern Alliance tank

Northern Alliance troops around Qala-e-Jhangi fortress

Northern Alliance soldier gestures during battle at Qala-e-Jhangi fortress

Northern Alliance fighters guard a non-Afghan Taleban man killed during the battle

Related to this story:
Taleban prisoners' 'last stand' (27 Nov 01 | South Asia) Pakistan concern over Mazar 'massacre' (26 Nov 01 | South Asia) Battle breaks out at Mazar prison (25 Nov 01 | South Asia) US allies deny 'Mazar massacre' (16 Nov 01 | South Asia) Mazar residents hail Taleban defeat (12 Nov 01 | South Asia)

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