Army Green Berets organized weapons shipments to the disparate Northern Alliance factions and whatever Pashtun resistance could be organized in the south.

You can bet the Alliance factions will break down in a monumental squabble once this war is over.

"So," Kirk said, "we can assume that the Alliance faction we're facing has chosen this region for their secret base for the same reason--assuming the Goldin Discontinuity exists in your universe."

In 2001 he had filed exclusive reports for TV channel Inter from Afghanistan covering stories on different sides of the conflict including Taleban fighters and Northern Alliance factions.

In the computer game World of Warcraft, the rank of Marshal is the 12th PvP honor rank in sequence achieved in the Alliance faction.

Their arrival could help smooth relations with some Northern Alliance factions.

When The Burning Crusade expansion was released, the Horde faction gained these holy warriors with the addition of blood elves, while the draenei race were added to the Alliance faction and given the shaman as a playable class.

The high elves residing in the city of Dalaran have rallied together as the Silver Covenant, an Alliance faction specifically opposed to the Kirin Tor's admission of members of the Horde.

Unlike previous races in World of Warcraft, which are tied to either the Horde or Alliance in-game factions, pandaren are faction-neutral for the early levels of the game.

In the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion, they feature prominently in a quest line for the Alliance faction in the Badlands area of Eastern Kingdoms.