 Hundreds of Al Ansar "guest" foreign fighters (mostly from Arabic-speaking countries of the Middle East) also surrendered their weapons, including a large group that had arrived in a convoy one day earlier to a place away of the agreed capitulation site, close to Mazar-i-Sharif.Dostum described the Taliban surrender as a "great victory" for the Alliance, a bloodless success that would allow the future reconciliation of citizens of Afghanistan.Thousands of prisoners were transported to the Sheberghan Prison ( that many of them died due to mistreatment during and after the transport).