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| Afghanistan |
| Kabul seeks peace in Afghan west |
| 2002-12-03 |
| The Afghan Government is struggling to negotiate a ceasefire after fighting in the west of the country between rival warlords left dozens dead or wounded. Herat governor Ismail Khan, an ethnic Tajik, and Pashtun commander Amanullah Khan have called a halt to fighting while a delegation from the capital Kabul investigates their grievances. Guess the B52 strikes helped... President Hamid Karzai, who is attending a meeting of United Nations representatives and donor countries in Germany, urged the two commanders to bury their differences. Instead of each other... Ismail Khan has accused his rival of allying himself with remnants of the ousted Taleban regime, while Amanullah Khan is pressing for Pashtun representation in Herat's government. "There will be no solution if this is not done," he told Reuters news agency. "Of course, if this does not happen, as a way out of the conflict we want Ismail to go to Kabul and would accept a new governor." "Someone like, ummm... like me." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |