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First Signs of Civil War Emerge in Afghanistan
Thursday, January 24, 2002
Online.ie

Thousands of Afghan fighters are reportedly gathering in the west of the country as the first signs of opposition to the new regime appear in Herat.

Gul Agha, the Governor of Kandahar and a supporter of Hamid Karzai's interim Government, has accused Iran of sending vehicles and weapons to Shiite Muslims in western Afghanistan, who have long been the victims of the country's Sunni majority.

Herat is ruled by Ismail Khan, a warlord allied to Iran and a long-time enemy of the Pashtuns who rule Kandahar and other provinces in southern Afghanistan.

Some reports today said 20,000 Pashtun fighters began advancing on Herat from the southern regions this week.
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