61. Segregated units of black Americans fought alongside the French in the war, according to Mitch Yokelson, an archivist at the U.S. National Archives. 62. Several thousand Pakistanis who fought alongside the Taliban are in detention in Afghanistan, a sore point for many in Pakistan. 63. So after a stint waging war in Kashmir, he returned to Kabul to fight alongside the Taliban forces that control most of the country. 64. Special Operations forces played a central role in Afghanistan, where they called in air strikes and sometimes fought alongside anti-Taliban Afghans. 65. Still, there is no hard evidence the Rwandan troops are fighting alongside the rebel forces, diplomats say. 66. The British fight alongside regular Greek troops loyal to the government of Premier George Papandreou. 67. The Arab soldiers have been training and fighting alongside Taliban troops, rotating in two-month shifts from Kandahar to different war fronts in northern Afghanistan. 68. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which sought to establish an Islamic state, suffered heavy losses fighting alongside the Taliban and al-Qaida in Afghanistan. 69. The question becomes especially sharp given that many of the rebels this time fought alongside Kabila last year. 70. The soldiers said they would like the chance to fight alongside US Army troops, and they urged President Clinton to send them. |