Taliban Fighters Loading Ammunition

Close-up of two Taliban fighters as they hold an ammunition belt, crouched beside their weapon during a battle with retreating soldiers (under the command of Ahmed Shah Massoud), Charikar, Afghanistan, October 16, 1996. After taking power in the capital of Kabul the previous month, the Taliban forced the withdrawal of the Northern Alliance government (led by Massoud and ousted President Burhanuddin Rabbani) from the rest of the region. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images). (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)