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Chang W. Lee
The New York Times

"Warlords of Gardez and Khost"  

 

 

Soldiers of Kamal Khan Zadran, governor of Khost, on duty at the governor's mansion in Khost, Afghanistan. Kamal's brother, Haji Padsha Khan Zadran is appointed governor of Paktia, who launched an attack on Gardez next day against the stronghold of a rival warlord Saifullah who is supported by the new interim government of Hamid Karzai.
 
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