KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Forces of two regional Afghan army commanders, both loyal to President Hamid Karzai, clashed in southern Afghanistan, leaving three soldiers dead and wounding two others, a senior official said Tuesday.
The fighting between the soldiers of commanders Abdul Raziq and Gud Fahida erupted Monday near a U.S. base at Spinboldak, about 75 miles southwest of the southern city of Kandahar, district chief Fazaluddin Agha told The Associated Press.
One of the Afghan soldier's killed, Sakhi Dad, was also a part-time translator for the U.S. army, Agha said.
Agha said the fighting had stopped. He had no details on what caused the clash.
Ex U.S. army chief: U.S. in Iraq for long stay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Army Secretary Thomas White said in an interview that it was time for the Pentagon to admit the U.S. military was in for a long stay in Iraq that will require a major commitment of troops.
Senior defense officials "are unwilling to come to grips" with the scale of the postwar U.S. obligation in Iraq, White said in an interview published on Tuesday in USA Today.