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...mountains outside Uruzgan. While it is possible that U.S. troops simply went to the wrong place in search of those leaders, locals suspect that American commanders were duped by warlords--including, perhaps, Younis, who survived the U.S. attack--trying to eliminate rivals. "I blame Afghans," says Ahmed Wali Karzai, the interim leader's brother. "It was an Afghan mistake...
...been appointed by the provincial government. "They were not Taliban, they were a military commission working with (Interim Prime Minister) Hamid Karzai," says schoolteacher and Uruzgan elder Farou Khan. The men slaughtered in Sharzam High School had been loyal to Hamid Karzai's interim government. Karzai's brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, says he knew six or seven of them personally. Qadous Khan Jahadwal, he says, "had been with us for 23 years...
...Secretary Rumsfeld on Monday conceded that the U.S. may well have killed our wounded friendly fighters in the Uruzgan raid. Part of the problem may be the conflicting signals emanating from the complex power struggles between rival factions on the ground. "I blame Afghans for that myself," says Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of the acting president. "It was an Afghan mistake. It shouldn't happen in the future." Karzai adds he has been "assured" there will not be a repeat, but delicately refuses to say who gave him this comfort...
...placate such skeptics, the U.S. and the King have sworn they are not trying to bring the monarchy back. "He is not a pretender to the throne," says the King's longtime lieutenant, General Abdul Wali, also an exile in Rome. For their part, the southern Pashtun are enthusiastic about the loya jirga. They say once it is convened, they will come up with a workable compromise for governing the country...
...stable country to funnel the money to. If there is only one thing going for Afghanistan now it is the rare circumstance that so many regional powers are united with the rest of the world in pursuit of the country's stability. "It has to work," says General Wali. "It is the chance the Afghan nation has to regain its place among free and democratic nations." Chance is an appropriate word, especially without any odds attached. On the other hand, a chance is more than Afghanistan has had for a very long time...