"Who are the Northern Alliance?". BBC News. 13 November 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1652187.stm. பார்த்த நாள்: 11 December 2012. "The alliance is primarily comprised of three non-Pashtun ethnic groups - Tajiks, Uzbeks and the Hazaras - and in the past relied on a core of some 15,000 troops to defend its territories against the predominantly Pashtun Taleban."
