Afghan interim leader makes base in Mullah Omar's compound.
(12 Dec 2001)
1. Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar's compound/residence, now used by interim Prime Minister Hamed Karzai
2. Fighters with guns
3. Karzai at meeting
4. Former Taliban leader (defected) Mullah Najibullah seated on left of Karzai
4. Mullah Najibullah and others walking
5. SOUNDBITE (Pashtu) Mullah Najibullah, Former Taliban leader:
"I am so happy and I have no objections to these. I accept him (Gul Agha) as governor of Kandahar."
6. Men standing in compound
7. Fighters guard compound
8. US Special Forces troops loading a truck
9. Car with US Special Forces leaves compound
10. City Gates of Kandahar
11. Various Kandahar streets scenes
12. SOUNDBITE: (Pashtu) Zulman, 14 year old Kandahar resident:
"I am happy with the new government and that the Taliban have gone. Now we can all go freely to our schools we hope the government will continue to provide us with schools."
13. Street scene
STORYLINE:
Afghanistan's interim Prime Minister Hamid Karzai entered Kandahar on Wednesday, occupying the abandoned headquarters of Mullah Omar, the Taliban supreme leader.
The building was surrendered by the Taliban on Friday (7th October).
Karzai has given responsibility for the defence and security of the city to former Taliban leader Mullah Najibullah, who defected to the Northern Alliance.
The U-S-led military campaign in Afghanistan is narrowing its focus to two final targets: Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden and his top deputies.
The commander of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance forces believes Omar is hiding in the Kandahar region, close to the border with Pakistan.
Bin Laden is believed to be on the run in the Tora Bora cave complex near Jalalabad.
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