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...ceremony in late July, Karzai witnessed the graduation of the first 300 recruits from a basic-training course conducted by Green Berets. His Deputy Defense Minister, General Atiqullah Barialai, has just submitted a proposal to disarm the warlords' troops and either make them soldiers or find them other work. (Barialai also wants a bigger army than the 60,000 envisioned by the Americans; his immediate boss, Fahim, wants any force to include his troops.) The U.S. trainers, at least, are highly motivated to succeed, knowing their homecoming depends on it. Says McDonnel: "If you ask me to compare this...
...Wednesday deadline, the Al Qaeda remnants will have to fight or flee. They still control the highest ground and it's not known what kind of fortifications they maintain there. "We can't say they are completely surrounded; they have many ways to escape," says a commander named Atiqullah. "They could cross into Pakistan" by traversing the snowy passes along the border a several miles away, "but that way is very difficult...
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