Three Days (2001 film)

Three days as Taliban leave and Northern Alliance move in.

Jalalabad, 13 November 2001 1. Wide shot of roundabout in Jalalabad city centre 2. Close up of damaged traffic warden's post and sign 3. Taliban locals packing up and leaving town 4. Close up of locals 5. Various of Pakistani Taliban leaving the city 6. Bomb damaged camp of Arab Taliban 7. Various of the damage caused by US air raids including stationary armoured cars 8. Local Taliban member showing US bomb components 9. SOUNDBITE: (Pashtu) Taliban man "These are small bombs, grenades and this part is the end part of the bombshell. It acts like cork, it contains the bomb inside." 10. Close-up on man's face 11. Remains of a monument 12. Remains of a civilian fan Jalalabad, 14 November 2001 13. Soldiers approach the former king Zahir Shah's palace 14. Various militia soldiers pouring into palace 15. Militia soldiers on roof of the palace gate 16. Asif Khan, commander of Haji Zaman Northern Alliance force greets a friend 17. General views outside of the city's police station 18. Soldiers milling about 19. Commander writes instructions on where to send patrols Jalalabad, 15 November 2001 20. People gathered outside of the palace 21. More of Haji Kadir's troops arriving 22. Haji Kadir walking through crowd SOUNDBITE: (Pashtu) Haji Kadir, Mujahadeen commander "Many people saw me when I left Jalalabad six years ago. I wore the same cloth on my head for six years but the symbol of this cloth (governorship) has not been used in years because I was waiting for the day to liberate this land." 23. Kadir supporters chanting "Mujahadeen will win" 24. SOUNDBITE: (Pashtu) Haji Kadir "We need a national government which contains all parties that are happy with each other. All the people in Afghanistan must elect the members of the assembly. We want to make a government in accordance to loya jirga." 25. Various outside palace 26, Various tracking street scenes 27. Various street scenes STORYLINE: Video shot inside Jalalabad during the past three days shows the city's transition from Taliban control to forces allied to the Northern Alliance was relatively peaceful. The footage obtained by APTN shows Pakistani Taliban and their supporters fleeing the city unhindered. The catalyst for their withdrawal American bombing raids on key Taliban positions around the city including direct hits on a camp for Arab Taliban. Mujahadeen fighters loyal to commander Haji Kadir poured into the southern city just a day after the Taliban had abandoned it. The Pastun tribesman are among the supporters of the assassinated Northern Alliance leader Abdul Haq. Hundreds of jubilant refugees were making their way home to Jalalabad on Thursday following the fall of the city. The city is brimming with guns and soldiers - but in the end it was liberated from the Taliban with hardly a shot being fired. The US bombing continued until the Taliban fled into the mountains. At the former Governor's Palace a meeting was held amongst the commanders and tribal leaders who now run the city. They are not the Northern Alliance but another anti-Taliban faction from the Pashtun ethnic group. They want to establish Jalalabad as theirs and not the Northern Alliance's and they are demanding a hefty slice of power. It was around Jalalabad where Osama bin Laden spent much of his time and established many of his terrorist training camps. On Thursday afternoon the international media was allowed in to see first hand that the city had changed hands. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/26a903113fa992354a672b6c8f178434 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork