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Afghan opposition military commander Ahmad Shah Masood, right, peers through binoculars at the opposition Taliban Islamic militia in the Afghan town of Al Khanoum in northeastern Afghanistan, October 20, 2000. Masood's forces launched an offensive against the Taliban last week aimed at recapturing lost territory, including the key city of Taloqan in northern Takhar province, close to the border of Tajikistan. (KEYSTONE/-/AFP/Jean-Claude Chapon)