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US Special Forces help crush POW Revolt in Qala-e-Jhangi fortress
U.S. Special Forces help crush the the POW revolt at Qala-e-Jhangi fortress near Maza-e-Sharif. An estimated 600 Taliban prisoners were killed during the fighting in the fortress, where they had been held by the Northern Alliance after surrendering at Kunduz. The CIA has now confirmed that one CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann was killed in the fighting. ( Photos-AP) (article 2)