A Northern Alliance fighter seeks cover behind a corpse during battle at a fortress in Qala-i-Jangy. The last 150 Taliban holdouts there were killed, according to an Afghan security official. (OLEG NIKISHIN / Getty Images)
U.S.-led special operations troops monitor the fighting between the Northern Alliance and the Taliban at the Qala-i-Jangy fortress. (OLEG NIKISHIN / Getty Images)
Northern Alliance fighters gather near a prison after the end of fighting. (OLEG NIKISHIN / Getty Images)
A Northern Alliance fighter checks the bodies of pro-Taliban soldiers. (OLEG NIKISHIN / Getty Images)
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Northern Alliance fighters walk through a yard littered with bodies of pro-Taliban forces in the fortress prison near Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. (OLEG NIKISHIN / Getty Images)
Northern Alliance fighters rest after days of combat in the fortress prison near Mazar-i-Sharif. (OLEG NIKISHIN / Getty Images)
