A Tajik leader was implicated in massacres and rapes after fighting against the Hezb-i-Islami in this city's Afshar district.
A warlord named Hekmatyar largely destroyed this city in a siege with indiscriminate rocketing, as discussed in Steve Coll's Ghost Wars. Before attacking this city, a leader put on the Kerqa, the Cloak of Muhammad, and was proclaimed the Commander of the Faithful. A Tajik leader was implicated in massacres and rapes after fighting against the Hezb-i-Islami in this city's Afshar district. After the fall of this city, Ahmad Massoud and Abdul Dostum joined in a "United Front." A government in this city was established through the (*) Peshawar Accord after the fall of Mohammad Najibullah. The Northern Alliance formed in response to the capture of this city. This capital city was allegedly visited only a couple times by Mullah Omar, who preferred to stay in Kandahar. For 10 points, name this capital city which was captured by the Taliban in 1996.
A warlord named Hekmatyar largely destroyed this city in a siege with indiscriminate rocketing, as discussed in Steve Coll's Ghost Wars.
Kabul