updated Wed. August 28, 2024
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The Irrawaddy News Magazine
April 19, 2018
They were sentenced to four- and two-year imprisonments respectively, under three charges including unlawful association in October 2017 for assisting journalists who were visiting the area and for allegedly helping the ethnic bloc the Northern Alliance spread wrongful information. A Kachin farmer LaphaiÃâà...
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
April 19, 2018
After 9/11, President Mohammad Khatami was the first Muslim foreign leader to express condolences. Iranians held American flags at candlelight vigils—and did not burn them. In Afghanistan Iran supported Washington against the Taliban and helped the U.S. with the Northern Alliance. But the moment President George W.
Pamplin Media Group
April 11, 2018
Spence and his fellow soldiers traveled by horseback and donkey with Northern Alliance forces, taking part in fighting that captured Mazar-i-Sharif, the fourth largest city in Afghanistan and the first city captured by U.S. forces. Spence joined the Army in November 1986 after graduating from North MarionÃâà...
Task & Purpose
April 2, 2018
The Northern Alliance was mounted on horseback and the Americans had to learn to ride to fight with them. In about six weeks, Summers' team and the Northern Alliance routed the Taliban in Mazar-i-Sharif, a city in northern Afghanistan. They were part of a larger operation that toppled the TalibanÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
April 2, 2018
By Lawi Weng 2 April 2018. China has warned Northern Alliance members with armed forces based near the Chinese border in northern Shan State not to cooperate with the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), according to border sources. The Northern Alliance is a block of seven armed ethnic groups. It is alsoÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 29, 2018
By Nyein Nyein 29 March 2018. CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The northeastern-based ethnic alliance the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC) seeks further support from China in Myanmar's peace process, according to a statement it released on Wednesday. The FPNCC stated that China'sÃâà...
LaGrange Daily News
March 26, 2018
Just the other week, when a veteran of the War in Afghanistan was part of our presentation in Mobile, Alabama on groups and strategies, his discussion of the Northern Alliance and first hand encounters had the audience of professors and graduate students paying close attention. Some vets are liberal, butÃâà...
WTVA
March 26, 2018
October-November 2001 - After US bombardment as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the Taliban lose Afghanistan to US and Northern Alliance forces. December 2006 - Senior Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani is killed in an airstrike by the United States. December 11, 2007 - AfghanÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 24, 2018
In retrospect, knowing what we know about outside support for both the Taliban and the Northern Alliance during that period, the 1999 declaration looks absurd. Bringing us back to the present, why is Uzbekistan only now re-engaging in the swirl of international diplomacy surrounding Afghanistan?
SFGate
March 21, 2018
12 Strong This telling of a remarkable military campaign, in which Americans joined forces with the Northern Alliance to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban, suffers from an over-fictionalized story and the length and sameness of the scenes. But Chris Hemsworth is an appealing hero and Navid Negahban isÃâà...
DunyaNews Pakistan (blog)
March 21, 2018
But the majority and dominance of Northern Alliance in Afghan government did not accept the warm gesture of Pakistan. Northern Alliance apparently has bent down towards India and Russia. Its dominance in coalition government doesn't let president Ashraf Ghani enlarge a hand of friendship andÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 19, 2018
The UWSA wants to sign alongside other ethnic armed groups who are fellow members of the Northern Alliance: the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Kachin Independence Army, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Arakan Army (AA) and Shan State Progress Party. “A dialogueÃâà...
Daily Times
March 16, 2018
Taliban's relations with Uzbekistan have been tense because of its support to the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, according to Taliban leader, who served during the Taliban rule in 1996-2001. A Taliban political representative also said Uzbekistan has not extended any invitation to the political office, addingÃâà...
BQ Live
March 15, 2018
Dr Emma Banks, CEO of Datatrial, explained: “We were delighted to be invited to be part of both the Northern Alliance and iMatch bids to develop ATTCs and thrilled that both bids to Innovate UK were successful. “Being part of the ATTC is an important opportunity for our latest software launch Nucleus andÃâà...
New Europe
March 9, 2018
The EU Commission has presented a package of measures to deepen the Capital Markets Union with a focus on sustainable finance, innovative financial services (Fintech) and crowdfunding. The latest package is the first in a series of interventions on behalf of the EU executive in the struggle to make theÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 7, 2018
The AA began not in Rakhine but in conflict-torn Kachin state, where the group forms part of the Chinese-backed, United Wa State Army (UWSA)-dominated Northern Alliance. However its militants are much better armed and organized than the ARSA, and observers believe the group was almost certainlyÃâà...
New Europe
March 6, 2018
A 'Northern Alliance' has emerged against the Eurozone's political integration. Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and the two non-Eurozone members – Sweden and Denmark – issued on Tuesday a joint statement opposing the cluster of reforms proposed by President EmmanuelÃâà...
The National Interest Online
February 27, 2018
The newly released movie 12 Strong is a powerful, realistic portrayal of our Special Forces—on horseback—liberating Afghanistan from the Taliban in the days following 9/11. The campaign combined the Northern Alliance with U.S. Special Forces and U.S. airpower retaliating against radical Islam'sÃâà...
New York Times
February 21, 2018
“The Northern Alliance is destroying peace and disturbing the public.” Last year, a rocket-propelled grenade hit a KBZ Bank branch in the town of Muse, also in northern Shan State. The Myanmar military blamed the Northern Alliance for that assault. But ethnic rebels routinely reject such accusations.
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 31, 1999
The Tatmadaw's attacks killed one civilian banana plantation worker and wounded three others on Wednesday, according to the Northern Alliance. Col Naw Bu confirmed that some civilians had been wounded. The Northern Alliance is a bloc of armed ethnic groups including the KIA, TNLA, AA, andÃâà...
ChronicleLive
December 31, 1999
Neil Watson, Northern Alliance co-director and director of pharmacy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are absolutely delighted to be working with a range of industry partners, including Datatrial, who will be invaluable in supporting the accelerated adoption ofÃâà...
pharmabiz.com
December 31, 1999
TrakCel, the industry-leading software developer for cell and gene therapy supply chain tracking and orchestration, announces it will be the organization responsible for tracking and documentation of cell and gene therapy products for the Northern Alliance Advanced Therapies Treatment Centre.
EPM Magazine
December 31, 1999
The Northern Alliance is a partnership of advanced therapies companies, NHS organisations and academic groups in the North of England and Scotland. Comprising 20 organisations, the partnership will be led by Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Scottish National BloodÃâà...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
The Taliban's enmity towards Russia was enduring, says Kate Clark of the Afghanistan Analysts Network: "The Taliban always castigated the Northern Alliance for dealing with Russia," she says. It may be that now Russian and Taliban interests are becoming more closely aligned, she speculates.
Cancer Research UK (blog)
December 31, 1999
“The Northern Alliance is working hard to help fill these posts. We are told there will be more doctors and healthcare professionals but it's not clear where from,” says Tasker. “Our Alliance and many others have increased the number of trainee places but this won't fix the problem any time soon; the extraÃâà...