Northern Alliance troops practise squad tactics

(17 Oct 2001) SHOTLIST 1. Various Northern Alliance owned Mil Mi-24 'Hind' Helicopter training 2. Mid-shot Northern Alliance troops standing to attention 3. Wide shot Northern Alliance soldiers standing before Commander Zolmal 4. Troops saluting and bearing arms 5. Commander Zolmal greeting men 6. Various shots soldiers running and firing machine guns 7. Soldiers firing grenade launchers 8. Establishing shot of Commander Zolmal 9. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Commander Zolmal "With the big help from our friends, we've made a very powerful army. This army will be able to fight against the terrorists and Osama Bin Laden's troops. Now we are recruiting more and more soldiers." 10. Various tanks with (assassinated leader) Massoud's portrait QUALITY AS INCOMING 11. New recruits training 12. New soldiers fire kalashnikovs 13. Fresh recruits with weapons 14. Fresh recruits marching away STORYLINE: The Commander of a North Alliance battalion says he is recruiting fresh soldiers every day to fight the forces of the ruling Taliban. Commander Zolmal oversees the 83rd Battalion in Khodjagar, and says he puts his men through rigorous training. The Northern Alliance were also training pilots to fly their Mil Mi-24 'Hind' helicopter, which they say will add further power to an airforce which they claim also includes a Mig-21 fighter plane based in Tajikistan. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...