Battle Rages for Mazar-e-Sharif

397780 24: Northern Alliance fighters battle pro-Taliban forces November 27, 2001 in a fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. The Northern Alliance, helped by U.S. and British special operation forces, claimed to have quashed an uprising by captured Taliban fighters after a third day of heavy fighting around the fortress prison. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)