They fired rockets down drainage channels leading to the subterranean rooms. They poured oil down the crevices and set it alight. And just in case the Taliban fighters down there concluded that it was safe to get out, guards fired warning shots down the stairwells every few minutes.Soon to be a major motion picture, it seems.
The complex was freezing. The Taliban fighters had nothing to eat for six days. They had a little water, but that soon ran out. Some of the fighters killed a horse and dragged it downstairs to eat, it seems.
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