[Jimbuna]

There are unconfirmed reports that various members of the Afghan military plus tribesmen, local militias,etc. are organizing a resistance to the Taliban in some northern districts under the leadership of the son of the former Northern Alliance leader Massoud, who was murdered by the an Al Qaeda spy posing as a reporter just before 9/11. If this is so, we may see a new Northern Alliance spring up---probably supported by Russia ---as before.