Warlords Say They Have Reached Truce
From Times Wire Reports
Rival warlords Atta Mohammed and Abdul Rashid Dostum in northern Afghanistan said they had reached a truce and would begin withdrawing tanks and other weapons within 48 hours.
But with soldiers squared off along a tense battlefield, it was not clear that the cease-fire would hold.
Much of the fighting has occurred about 12 miles west of Mazar-i-Sharif. The United Nations said the fighting resulted in “high numbers of casualties” but did not have precise figures.
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