Dushanbe meeting discusses helping Afghan northern Alliance 
	
	
 Text of report in English by Russian news agency Interfax 
	
	
 Dushanbe, 13 September: Representatives from Russia, Iran, India, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan discussed giving aid to the Afghan Northern Alliance at a closed-door meeting in Dushanbe on Thursday [13 September], a diplomatic source told Interfax. The new commander of the Northern Alliance, Gen Muhammad Fahim, was introduced to the participants in the meeting. He has replaced Ahmad Shah Masud, who fell victim to an assassination attempt on Sunday. The participants discussed extension of humanitarian and military aid to the internationally recognized Afghan government, the source said.