Word: sherzai
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...after weeks of ruthless American bombing, their will was breaking. A black cloud of dust hung over the city, kicked up by U.S. strikes. American special-ops forces joined the anti-Taliban forces commanded by Karzai and Ghul Agha Sherzai, and the merged units closed in on the city from the east and north. Sherzai's 700 men advanced as far as the Kandahar airport before encountering fire from Taliban and foreign Arab fighters making their last stand. During bombing lulls, Taliban soldiers hauled their dead comrades out of the trenches before ushering in new fighters. Those trying...
...elders who immediately carved up the city. On liberation day Kandahar was as chaotic as it was joyous. Non-Taliban forces led by Mullah Naqib Ullah, an Omar backer and member of the Alokzai tribe who was handed control of part of the city, skirmished with men loyal to Sherzai trying to grab their share. Meanwhile, the Pentagon said, anywhere from 5,000 to 15,000 Taliban troops--most of them Pakistanis, Chechens, Algerians, Saudis and Egyptians--remained in or near Kandahar, some holed up in the homes of their former comrades. U.S. bombers strafed Taliban forces in the city...
...city, to the governor's building, used until this week by Mullah Omar. The city is divided in two parts, each controlled by anti-Taliban forces who are bitter rivals. About 30% of the city is run by Mullah Naqib Ullah; 70% is controlled by Ghul Agha Sherzai, an ally of Hamid Karzai's, the newly anointed Prime Minister of the post-Taliban regime. We entered Kandahar under Sherzai's protection and had three pickups full of his fighters escorting us by the time we arrived in the city...
Naqib and Sherzai have a long and nasty history. Sherzai used to run the city until the Taliban took over and put Naqib in charge. It makes sense that if the Taliban were going to negotiate a surrender, it would hand over the city to a friend like Naqib, a businessman who has provided the Taliban with funding. If anyone is harboring Omar now, it's likely to be Naqib...
...While Sherzai doled out money, guns and ceremonial turbans to his new tribal allies in the city, the special forces were on terrorist patrol. When the Taliban fled Kandahar, scores of Arabs were left behind, and they hid where they could. Now, the Kandaharis are turning them in, and the Americans are coming to hunt down the last of bin Laden...