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AFGHAN MILITARY FORCES
Taliban
SOLDIERS:
45,000
WEAPONS:
Assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades
EQUIPMENT:
650 tanks, troop carriers and fighting vehicles
AIRCRAFT: 10 Su-22 fighter-bombers, 5 MiG-21 fighters, 10 transport helicopters and 40 cargo planes
Northern Alliance (Taliban opposition)
SOLDIERS:
12,000 to 15,000
WEAPONS:
Assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades
EQUIPMENT:
60 to 70 tanks, carriers and fighting vehicles
AIRCRAFT: 8 transport helicopters, 3 cargo airplanes
MISSILES:
About 25 FROG surface-to-surface and Scud short-range ballistic missiles
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