2 8 Moscow Moscow NNP 8 9 , , , 10 12 16 16 CD 13 20 October October NNP 20 21 : : : 22 28 Afghan Afghan NNP 29 37 Northern Northern NNP 38 46 Alliance Alliance NNP 47 52 units unit NNS 53 56 led lead VBN 57 59 by by IN 60 63 Gen Gen NNP 64 75 Abdorrashid Abdorrashid NNP 76 82 Dostum Dostum NNP 83 87 lack lack JJ 88 95 weapons weapon NNS 96 99 and and CC 100 110 ammunition ammunition NN 111 113 to to TO 114 122 properly properly RB 123 128 fight fight VB 129 132 the the DT 133 140 Taleban Taleban NNP 140 141 , , , 142 148 Dostum Dostum NNP 149 153 said say VBD 153 154 , , , 155 161 noting note VBG 162 166 that that IN 167 169 he he PRP 170 171 “ `` `` 171 174 has have VBZ 175 178 not not RB 179 187 received receive VBN 187 188 ” '' '' 189 192 any any DT 193 200 Russian russian JJ 201 209 supplies supply NNS 210 212 to to TO 213 216 the the DT 217 225 Northern Northern NNP 226 234 Alliance Alliance NNP 235 237 so so RB 238 241 far far RB 241 242 . . . 243 249 Dostum Dostum NNP 249 251 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Moskovskiye Moskovskiye NNP 520 527 Novosti Novosti NNP 527 528 . . . 529 532 The the DT 533 540 general general NN 541 545 said say VBD 546 548 he he PRP 549 558 currently currently RB 559 567 commands command VBZ 568 570 up up IN 571 573 to to TO 574 580 18,000 18,000 CD 581 584 men man NNS 584 585 , , , 586 589 and and CC 590 595 about about RB 596 601 4,000 4,000 CD 602 609 Taleban Taleban NNP 610 618 fighters fighter NNS 619 620 “ `` `` 620 624 with with IN 625 633 military military JJ 634 642 hardware hardware NN 642 643 ” '' '' 644 648 have have VBP 649 656 already already RB 657 661 gone go VBN 662 666 over over RP 667 669 to to TO 670 673 his his PRP$ 674 678 side side NN 678 679 . . . 680 683 The the DT 684 686 US US NNP 687 690 air air NN 691 698 strikes strike NNS 699 703 have have VBP 704 713 destroyed destroy VBN 714 721 Taleban taleban JJ 722 734 emplacements emplacement NNS 735 739 near near IN 740 754 Mazar-e-Sharif Mazar-e-Sharif NNP 754 755 , , , 756 762 Dostum Dostum NNP 763 767 said say VBD 767 768 . . . 769 771 He he PRP 772 776 also also RB 777 783 denied deny VBD 784 791 reports report NNS 792 796 that that IN 797 800 the the DT 801 808 Taleban Taleban NNP 809 812 had have VBD 813 825 concentrated concentrate VBN 826 831 large large JJ 832 838 forces force NNS 839 843 near near IN 844 847 the the DT 848 854 border border NN 855 859 with with IN 860 870 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 870 871 . . . 872 873 “ `` `` 873 878 There there EX 879 882 are be VBP 883 885 no no DT 886 890 such such JJ 891 897 forces force NNS 898 900 on on IN 901 904 the the DT 905 911 border border NN 912 916 with with IN 917 927 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 927 928 . . . 929 931 In in IN 932 940 Hayraton Hayraton NNP 940 941 , , , 942 946 near near IN 947 950 the the DT 951 956 Uzbek Uzbek NNP 957 961 town town NN 962 964 of of IN 965 971 Termez Termez NNP 971 972 , , , 973 978 there there EX 979 982 are be VBP 983 991 slightly slightly RB 992 996 over over IN 997 1000 100 100 CD 1001 1008 Taleban Taleban NNP 1009 1016 members member NNS 1016 1017 , , , 1018 1027 according accord VBG 1028 1030 to to TO 1031 1033 my my PRP$ 1034 1045 estimations estimation NNS 1045 1046 , , , 1046 1047 ” '' '' 1048 1050 he he PRP 1051 1055 said say VBD 1055 1056 . . . 1057 1063 Dostum Dostum NNP 1064 1068 said say VBD 1069 1071 he he PRP 1072 1079 intends intend VBZ 1080 1082 to to TO 1083 1088 serve serve VB 1089 1091 in in IN 1092 1095 the the DT 1096 1102 future future JJ 1103 1109 Afghan Afghan NNP 1110 1120 government government NN 1120 1121 , , , 1122 1134 representing represent VBG 1135 1141 ethnic ethnic JJ 1142 1148 Uzbeks uzbek NNS 1148 1149 . . . 1150 1158 Moreover moreover RB 1158 1159 , , , 1160 1167 Taleban taleban JJ 1168 1176 fighters fighter NNS 1177 1178 “ `` `` 1178 1181 not not RB 1182 1189 stained stain VBN 1190 1194 with with IN 1195 1200 blood blood NN 1200 1201 ” '' '' 1202 1207 could could MD 1208 1210 be be VB 1211 1213 in in IN 1214 1218 this this DT 1219 1229 government government NN 1229 1230 , , , 1231 1234 too too RB 1234 1235 , , , 1236 1238 he he PRP 1239 1243 said say VBD 1243 1244 . . . 1245 1251 Dostum Dostum NNP 1252 1256 also also RB 1257 1265 favoured favour VBD 1266 1267 a a DT 1268 1276 possible possible JJ 1277 1283 return return NN 1284 1286 of of IN 1287 1298 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1298 1300 ’s 's POS 1301 1307 former former JJ 1308 1312 King King NNP 1313 1321 Mohammad Mohammad NNP 1322 1327 Zaher Zaher NNP 1328 1332 Shah Shah NNP 1332 1333 . . .