JONATHAN MANN, CNN ANCHOR: As we've been reporting, hundreds of Taliban forces are surrendering throughout northern Afghanistan. A Taliban commander led 450 men into the hands of the Northern Alliance near Konduz. Another 500 surrendered just east of there. And to the west, 400 more surrendered near Mazar-e Sharif. CNN's Alessio Vinci has an eyewitness account.</s>ALESSIO VINCI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): We witnessed the surrender of those the Taliban fighters about 30 miles away from Mazar-e Sharif, as far away from the town of Konduz. Those 400 Taliban soldiers first stripped of their weapons, were then loaded onto trucks and driven back into Mazar-e Sharif at the compound of General Abdul Rashid Dostum, the top Northern Alliance commander here in Mazar-e Sharif. As four truckloads of soldiers arrived inside the courtyard, they were led off</s>MANN: CNN's Alessio Vinci reporting from Mazar-e Sharif. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Hundreds of Taliban Soldiers Surrender to Northern Alliance