Gen Mohammed Daoud This is Me

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1. 1. Nation-Online.com: The New Nation Internet Edition

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   Published on: 11/22/2001   Last Visited: 1/5/2002

   The American commander of the military campaign in Afghanistan, Gen.
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   The northern alliance's Gen Mohammed Daoud said late Tuesday he was optimistic that he could finish brokering surrender of Afghan Taliban at Kunduz, perhaps within a day.
   
   "We are hopeful that (Wednesday) will be the conclusion of talks," he said in the northern city of Taloqan.
   
   Talks have been carried out in the no man's land between Taliban and northern alliance front lines east of Kunduz, and were resuming Wednesday. Daoud has been negotiation with the Taliban commander of Kunduz, Dadullah, and former deputy defense minister Mullah Fazil Muslimyar.
   
   Daoud said the talks are being carried out independently of the foreign fighters holed up at Kunduz-mostly Arabs, Chechens and Pakistanis loyal to bin Laden- and that there have been no negotiations with them.
   
   The alliance's main commander in the north said the Taliban were being increasingly squeezed. But Atta Mohammed, speaking by phone from the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, suggested there would be little mercy for those fighters loyal to bin Laden.
   
   "We can't guarantee the safety of the foreign fighters because they have created a humanitarian calamity in Afghanistan," he said.
   
   US bombing of Taliban positions outside Kunduz was light despite clear skies, with only a few bombs dropped by heavy warplanes and by smaller attack aircraft.