He was prominent in the anti-Taliban resistance and was head of provincial affairs in the Panjshir Valley under terrible siege conditions.

During the rule of the Taliban (1996-2001), Khalid served with the anti-Taliban resistance as part of the Ittihad faction.

American officials say this lack of cooperation among the tribal commanders has made it difficult to mount an anti-Taliban resistance in the south.

That review elevated the importance of the anti-Taliban resistance in Washington's strategy.

Unlike most other districts, the people of Lal continued to harbour anti-Taliban resistance.

(These Shia groups would probably be the vanguard of anti-Taliban resistance if civil war started again.)

Sen. Farid joined the anti-Taliban resistance was appointed provincial governor of Parwan for a brief period.

The military is also trying to organize anti-Taliban resistance among the Pashtun tribes in the south.

But the official said the Central Intelligence Agency had taken the lead so far in helping organize anti-Taliban resistance in southern Afghanistan.

The aim was to decapitate the leadership of the primary anti-Taliban resistance, they say, therefore depriving the Bush administration of a potential ally in any retaliation.