Abdul Jabar told the New York Times that he had been in Afghanistan's north for approximately a year prior to al Qaeda's attacks on America on September 11, 2001.
Jabar added that the uprising was a reaction to the Afghan Northern Alliance not honoring assurances it had made that foreigners who surrendered their weapons without resistance would be set free.
Our commander said we should fight to the last drop of blood.The Guardian reported that Namangani had been killed in combat prior to the group's surrender.
Jabar described hiding from Northern Alliance bombardment in ditches and trenches, and then crawling from the prison's courtyard to the basement.
He told the New York Times: The smoke was so bad, you could not breathe.On December 1, 2001, Northern Alliance Commander Din Muhammad diverted irrigation canals to flood the basement: We gave up because there was nothing left, we had no ammunition, no weapons, no food.