Afghan soldiers prepare to take helicopter in Khoja Bahawuddin in Takhar province, Northern Afghanistan, on November 13, 2001. The Northern Alliance vowed to help prepare a transitional Afghan government on Tuesday after seizing Kabul in defiance of international pressure to stay out. The alliance cautioned that while it would not go on to formally occupy Kabul, a move opposed by the US-led coalition against terror, it would not be told what to do by foreigners. —REUTERS