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Warlord's rural leadership ways unsettling to city dwellers
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AMERICA AT WAR
JALALABAD
Warlord's rural leadership ways unsettling to city dwellers
By SUSAN B. GLASSERWashington Post
Sunday, March 3, 2002
Jalalabad, Afghanistan -- Hazrat Ali sat cross-legged on the floor
late one night, engrossed in political intrigue over three constantly
ringing U.S.-issued satellite phones. The U.S.-backed warlord of
Jalalabad is restless these days, and he is never without bright blue
beads he fingers obsessively.
When a call ...
