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...surrender with tribal elders sent by Taj Mohammed Wardak, the new governor of Paktia, the province where Shahi Kot is located. Wardak wanted Mansoor to leave his mountain base, expel his al-Qaeda guests (the governor believes they number about 60) and declare support for Hamid Karzai's interim government in Kabul. But those talks broke down, and U.S.-led coalition forces launched their attack on the mountain fortress last Friday...
...personal relationship to Afghanistan’s ongoing struggle for democracy—her brother, Hamid Karzai, was named head of the Afghan interim government in December—has added new mystique to the five year-old Cambridge restaurant...
Since December, Hamid has served as the interim leader of Afghanistan. Karzai says she continues to speak with her brother on the phone regularly and trusts his ability to bring peace to Afghanistan...
...demand the application of American force against his rivals whenever he feels like it. "We keep telling [the government], 'Don't cry wolf,'" says a European official in Kabul. "They can't just click their fingers and call down U.S. firepower." Franks underlines the point. "We support the interim government in Afghanistan," he told TIME, "but we are not picking sides between groups on the ground...
...country just emerging from a brutal civil war and still teeming with armed warlords? Especially if you don't have a military of your own? For Hamid Karzai, the answer sometimes is just to take care of the little things. On a recent afternoon, Afghanistan's interim leader decides to take the pulse of the capital, Kabul, on foot. Before setting out, he removes his trademark green-striped Uzbek robe and puts on a less flashy overcoat. Accompanied by a pair of aides but no bodyguards, he strolls through the palace gates to check out the city. He stops...