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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Apr 14 2003 - 10:23:07 EDT
KARZAI DISPATCHES DELEGATION TO FARYAB TO INVESTIGATE CLASHES, BRING COMMANDERS TO KABUL
Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai has ordered a delegation to Faryab Province to investigate the reasons for the outbreak of fighting between Junbish-e Islami forces of Deputy Defense Minister Abdul Rashid Dostum and those loyal to Jamiyat-e Islami under the command of General Ata Mohammad, Afghanistan Television reported on 10 April (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 10 April 2003). Seventeen people, mostly soldiers, have been killed and 13 injured in the fighting that broke out on 8 April, AFP reported, citing the UN. Representatives of the Defense and Interior ministries were sent, including ministerial adviser Asadullah Wafa (tribal affairs) and ministerial adviser Mohammad Alam Rasekh (social affairs). In addition to evaluating the allegations of each group, the delegation was tasked by Karzai to bring the commanders of both groups back with them to Kabul. This move is significant in that Karzai appears to be making an effort to exert government control over a continuing regional source of i
nsecurity. KM
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