Word: sherzai
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...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...
...Both Sherzai and Naqib want to run Kandahar, and there is an edgy standoff among the commanders here. There has been sporadic shooting in the city...
Looters stole a bicycle and a motorbike from CNN's office here. They apparently knocked the wall down at the back. Some of Sherzai's men also stole the car of our fixer. His brother tried to stop them and said, "I want a receipt from Ghul Agha for it." They said, "O.K. Get in the car, and come with us." They didn't go far before a man turned a gun on him and said, "Do you really want a receipt?" The brother sensibly replied, "No, I don't think I do," and then got out. That...
...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...