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  • Afghan warlord Ismail Khan stripped of military post in major reshuffle

    08/13/2003 10:58:37 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 2 replies · 216+ views
    Agence France-Presse | August 13, 2003
    KABUL, Aug 13 (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai stripped powerful warlord Ismail Khan of his post as military commander of western Afghanistan in a major reshuffle of provincial governors and officials, the state Bakhtar news agency and officials said on Wednesday. The National Security Council decided Khan could not retain his post as military commander while governor of Herat province it said, citing a decree by Karzai who said earlier this year that officials could not hold both military and civil posts. A new Herat military commander would be named shortly, Bakhtar said. Human rights organisations have accused...