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Casualties as new fighting erupts in Afghanistan MAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN, Monday (AFP) Up to five people were injured and two killed when troops of a powerful warlord blamed for a resurgence in provincial unrest clashed with rivals in northern Afghanistan, military commanders said. The skirmishes, involving forces of ethnic Uzbek strongman Abdul Rashid Dostam, took place late Saturday in Kod-i-Barq, 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of the main northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Accounts of the fighting varied, with Dostam's deputy Majit Roozi claiming two dead and five injured while blaming the clashes on troops loyal to the Uzbek warlord's regional rival, ethnic Tajik Atta Mohammed. Interior Ministry spokesman Lutfullah Mashal said he could not confirm the casualties or cause of the fighting. The latest violence follows a 500-strong Afghan National Army deployment to nearby northern Faryab province to restore law and order after Dostam's men reportedly overran the city of Meymanah earlier this week. That incident raised fresh headaches for the government of President Hamid Karzai, struggling to rein in regional militias while attempting to tackle Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters with the aid of US-led forces. |
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