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Tyler Hicks
The New York Times
"Taliban Execution"

 

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Three Northern Alliance soldiers fire simultaneously into a Taliban soldier who had been captured while attempting to resist their advance toward Kabul, Afghanistan. A small number of hard-line Taliban soldiers chose to stay and fight on this front line, a pivotal stronghold protecting the road to Kabul, but those who didn't escape were killed immediately. His pants, bloodied from an earlier shot, were pulled down as a result of him being dragged along the road. The man yelling in the background was encouraging the soldiers in their actions.
 
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