Ikhonem Nill, Afghanistan
A NORTHERN ALLIANCE SOLDIER KEEPS GUARD BY MOONLIGHT IN NORTHERN
AFGHANISTAN.
A Northern Alliance soldier keeps guard by moonlight on a hilltop of
the Ikhonem Hill at the front line close to the Tajikistan border in
northern Afghanistan, October 30, 2001. Uniformed U.S. soldiers were in
northern Afghanistan to help coordinate U.S. air strikes and attacks by
opposition forces on the ruling Taliban, an opposition spokesman said
on Tuesday. It was the first time the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance
had confirmed the presence of armed and uniformed American troops in
the less than 10 percent of Afghanistan it controls. REUTERS/Vasily
Fedosenko
VF/