The chief issue was political. Leaders of the Northern Alliance had decided that agricultural interests could expect little help from either the Republican or Democratic parties.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

It was Iran and Russia and India and that will help the northern alliance And India has opend its first ever overseas base in Tajikistan, north of Afghnastan in recent years.

伊朗，俄罗斯，印度都会帮助北部联盟,印度最近首次打开了,在塔吉克斯坦，阿富汗北部的海外基地。

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The Northern Alliance said blacks could join.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

In the northern province of Irbil, part of the autonomous Kurdistan region, the Kurdish Alliance was ahead, officials said.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12