12 NOV--This Day in US Military History

2014-11-12T15:37:01-05:00

2001 – Taliban forces fled Kabul under cover of darkness.

Northern Alliance forces arrived the following afternoon, encountering a group of about twenty fighters hiding in the city’s park. This group was killed in a 15-minute gun battle. After these forces were neutralized, Kabul was in the hands of coalition forces. The fall of Kabul started a cascading collapse of Taliban positions. Within 24 hours, all Afghan provinces along the Iranian border had fallen, including Herat. Local Pashtun commanders and warlords had taken over throughout northeastern Afghanistan, including Jalalabad. Taliban holdouts in the north, mainly Pakistani volunteers, fell back to the northern city of Kunduz.

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November 12

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Response by LTC Stephen F. made Jun 24 at 2015 5:21 PM

2015-06-24T17:21:06-04:00

This was great news at the time. I had just been mobilized back to active duty to provide support to OEF and other operations from the Pentagon. There were tense times so soon after 9/11/2001 and all good news was welcome even the news we could not share with anybody.