Word: kabul
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...repeat the mistakes of the past," he recently told a convention of robed Islamic clergy. "Now is the time to defend ourselves not with tanks and armed corps but by the rule of law and establishing political parties." His rhetoric has persuaded at least one European diplomat based in Kabul to remark, "Dostum has made the transition to politician far quicker than most Afghan leaders. He's hung up his fatigues for a business suit." Of course, he still commands an army of some...
...KABUL The battles roiling again among regional warlords have been a headache for interim President HAMID KARZAI. A Pashtun, Karzai has endured political sniping from those left out of the government. Former President BURHANUDDIN RABBANI, a Tajik, does not command forces but has scattered support. So does former Premier GULBUDDIN HEKMATYAR, a Pashtun. In early May, the CIA tried to assassinate Hekmatyar--whom it considers a dangerous enemy of Karzai as well as of the U.S.--but he escaped the missile attack, which killed several supporters...
JALALABAD The dominant power in the east is former mujahedin commander HAJI ABDUL QADIR, a Pashtun and brother of Abdul Haq, the resistance hero executed by the Taliban last October. As governor of Nangarhar province, Qadir, who has about 2,000 troops, controls the road connecting Kabul and Pakistan...
PAKTIKA One of a long line of Pashtun tribal chiefs who have regarded Kabul's writ with indifference, PACHA KHAN ZADRAN is fighting Karzai's appointees to the governorships of Paktika and neighboring Khost. U.S. officers believe Zadran, who retains links with al-Qaeda and Taliban elements, may pose a danger to U.S. forces...
...month ago, members of the U.S.'s First Battalion of the 3rd Special Forces Group were delivered by bus to a bomb-scarred compound outside Kabul. Once Afghanistan's national military academy, the complex was in ruins, strewn with the refuse of war and neglect. Rebuilding the barracks and office blocks would have been challenging enough, but the Americans have taken on a far more arduous task. From the rubble, they are trying to train the nucleus of a new Afghan National Army (ANA)?multiethnic, apolitical, ready and able to protect the nation and its nascent government. And despite...