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Northern Alliance fighters cross the Amu Darya River on a raft made of inflated goat skins in Takhar Province, Afghanistan on December 1. 2000. In ancient times the Amu Darya was called the Oxus and figured importantly in the history of Persia and in the campaigns of Alexander the Great. These mujahiddin fighters, loyal to Ahmad Shad Massoud, are fighting against a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. \n