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2002-03-12 Afghanistan

Brotherly love blossoms among Shah-i-Kot Afghans

The Americans appeared to have tamped down friction between the Afghans under their command and the newcomers under Haidar. Local U.S.-trained Afghans, particularly ethnic Pashtun commanders, bitterly protested the arrival of the Tajik-led reinforcements sent by Kabul because many hailed from northern provinces. On Sunday, a top Afghan officer from the U.S. force, Mohammed Ismail, called on Haidar's forces to leave and return to their barracks, accusing them of coming only to take credit for beating al Qaeda.

By Monday, Ismail was sounding a different theme. "Gul Haidar has taken a part in the operation. He is our brother. He is one of us," Ismail said. "We are not opposing each other, because we have the same enemy and we want to defeat them."
Pashtun locals seem to have made up with the Tadjiks who were sent in to reinforce them. Wonders never cease, do they? Sometimes all it takes is a reminder of how unfortunately inaccurate some of those bombs can be. We always feel so bad when we bomb the wrong guys.

Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-03-12 || || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

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