Northern Alliance

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After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the Northern Alliance fought it in a civil war, and, following the 9-11 attack, in the Afghanistan War (2001-). It was made up of three main ethnic forces, Tajiks under Ahmad Shah Massoud, Uzbeks under Abdul Rashid Dostum and Hazaras under Karim Khalili.