Word: uruzgan
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...threat is aimed at another pro-Western Afghan, Hamad Karzai, a supporter of exiled King Mohammed Zahir Shah. Karzai has been on the run in Afghanistan for weeks, dodging Taliban bullets in the Uruzgan mountains north of Kandahar. Urbane, well educated and hailing from an aristocratic Pashtun family, Karzai is Washington's best--and perhaps only--chance to win over the southern tribes. If he can stay alive...
...southwest Afghanistan, the Taliban stronghold. For weeks, Karzai met with tribal elders, probing what success an insurrection backed by U.S. firepower might have against Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Karzai eluded the Taliban until last week, when its network of spies picked up his movements along the mountain trails of Uruzgan. On Thursday, Karzai and his men blasted their way clear of a Taliban ambush--after calling in U.S. helicopters, according to a Taliban spokesman. (The Pentagon said U.S. aircraft were sent to help.) The Taliban also claims it seized an airdrop of 600 AK-47 rifles meant for Karzai...