U.S. Envoy Persuades Warlord to Stop Fighting
From Times Wire Reports
The U.S. ambassador helped broker a cease-fire to halt the latest infighting in Afghanistan, persuading a warlord within 20 miles of the key western city of Herat to stop fighting, as U.S. warplanes circled overhead.
Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad would not say how many had been killed.
A Pushtun commander known as Amanullah, whose militia has been battering troops loyal to the governor of Herat province, said he had retreated after the cease-fire deal.
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