Friday, April 09, 2004

Dostum's Wars

For the past three days, fighting has raged in northern Afghanistan between forces of Abd ar-Rashid Dostum and those loyal to Afghan Trasnitional Chairman Hamid Karzai. It is unclear what precise incident started it, but the whole situation appears to be an instance of Karzai trying to extend his control outside Kabul in preparation for the elections planned this September.

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