(20 Nov 2001)
Near Kunduz (10 kilometres east of Kunduz)
1. Refugees walking from Kunduz
2. Refugee holding baby and walking past tank, followed by women in white burqas
3. Various of fighters and tank
4. Donkey and truck on road
5. Man holding young children sitting by fire
6. Mid shot of young child
7. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) : Mahmat Azir (Leaving Kunduz after visiting relatives there)
"When American planes begin bombing, Taliban fighters leave their positions to hide here and there. They run helter skelter to hide - then, when the bombing is over, they return to their positions."
Taloqan
8. Wide shot set up of press conference
9. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) General Daoud, Regional Commander of Northern Alliance
"If we fail to reach agreement both with local and foreign Taliban, we will separate the local Taliban from foreign terrorists."
10. Cutaway press
11. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) General Daoud, Regional Commander of Northern Alliance
(Q: Will you allow foreigners to leave Kunduz safely?)
"If the United Nations and other countries agree to accept them, we will not object"
12. Cutaway of Northern Alliance fighters
13. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Mohammad Israil, Former Taliban Commander who defected to Northern Alliance 2 days ago:
"Yes we were on their side. Now we have moved to this side so as to put an end to fighting. That's why we decided to join the government."
14. Various shots of Northern Alliance fighters standing next to tank
STORYLINE:
Hoping to avert a bloody showdown over the Taliban's last remaining stronghold in the north of Afghanistan, the Northern Alliance said Tuesday it had given the Taliban three days to surrender or face an all-out assault.
The Northern Alliance said fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden - mainly Arabs, Chechens and Pakistanis - had been preventing the Taliban from giving up the besieged city of Kunduz.
As U.S. warplanes carried out more bombing runs on Tuesday of Taliban front-line positions, Northern Alliance troops have encircled the city.
Refugees continued to flee Kunduz and surrounding areas on Tuesday.
One man - who had been visiting relatives in the city - said "when American planes begin bombing, Taliban fighters leave their positions to hide...when the bombing is over, they return to their positions."
Meanwhile in Taloqan on Tuesday, a Northern Alliance regional commander said they would deal with Afghan and foreign Taliban fighters in Kunduz separately if they failed to reach agreement.
As the siege of Kunduz tightened, international negotiators reportedly agreed to meet this weekend in Germany to discuss forming a new Afghan government.
The U.N.-led talks are aimed at setting up a broad-based interim government.
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