Occupying and controlling an increasing percentage of the country, the Taliban were opposed primarily by the Northern Alliance, a coalition of various non-Pashtun groups. ... In the ongoing civil war between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance, the..…

Welcome to USA TODAY NETWORK’S EUROPEAN UNION EXPERIENCE . Learn More . . . . . John Walker Lindh, American who became Taliban fighter, released from prison after 17 years . ..…

Lindh was captured in a battle with Northern Alliance fighters in late 2001. He was present when a group of Taliban prisoners launched an attack that killed Johnny Micheal “Mike” Spann, a CIA officer who had been interrogating Lindh and other Taliban prisoners. . ..…