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AFGHANISTAN DAILY DIGEST
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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 13:09:50 EDT
CLASHING AFGHAN FORCES PULL OUT OF MAYMANA
UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva said on 13 April that approximately 50 percent of the fighters engaged in last week's fighting in Faryab Province have withdrawn from provincial capital Maymana, UNAMA announced (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 10 and 11 April 2003). An official cease-fire 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 was signed on 11 April. The UN-brokered agreement mandates that no unauthorized armed men be allowed in Maymana, and UNAMA remains in the area to monitor the withdrawal of troops and to register collected weapons. Meanwhile, the UN Mine Action Centre was dispatched to Maymana on 13 April to assist in bringing about security. The fighting between the two factions erupted on 8 April. KM
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