Afghan National Army Dispatched to Western Province to Calm Pre-Election V

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Afghan National Army Dispatched to Western Province to Calm Pre-Election Violence

By Stephen Graham Associated Press Writer
Published: Aug 15, 2004






KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Government troops intervened in Afghanistan's latest outbreak of deadly fighting between warlords, flying from the capital to the far west on U.S. and NATO airplanes to retake an air base contested in the violence, officials said Sunday.
Meanwhile, in another illustration of the insecurity dogging the run-up to October elections, Taliban militants killed a community leader for encouraging people to vote and gunned down six Afghan soldiers at a checkpoint, officials said.

The U.S.-trained Afghan National Army's move in the far western province of Herat was the latest instance of President Hamid Karzai trying to quell local conflicts in a country where large areas are controlled by warlords and their leaders.

And though the soldiers seized the contested airbase at Shindand, 370 miles west of the capital, Kabul, battles continued between the forces of Herat Gov. Ismail Khan and several rival warlords.


http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBQM6SOXXD.html

Compare to the elections in Venesuela!

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1. What do you call this? Afghaniization? Afghanization? Hmmm.

[mom cat]

2. You sure as hell don't call it democracy!