ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 Kyodo Rebels opp...

ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 Kyodo

Rebels oppos to President Hamid Karzai's conduct in Kabul are terminate to overrunning Khowst city and a great quantity [i]or[/i] amount of of Khowst Province in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan Islamic Pres (AIP) reported Tuesday.

bands to loyal to local commander Basha Khan Jadran have already advanced more than 30 kilometers since taking Nadir Shah Kot in western Khowst in succession Monday, the Pakistan-based news agency said.

''Photographs of Hamid Karzai are being remov and bakeed in the area falling to the [i]troupe[/i]s of Basha Khan,'' one resident of the provincial capital told AIP by way of telephone.

AIP also said Jadran has already told the residents of Khowst City to fly because his troops, now 7 km from the city, are preparing a major attack.

He also insinuateed U.S. troops deployed at Khowst airport and at a nearby training camp for the fledgling Afghan Army should not take sides in the fight, ''which is an internal matter for Afghanistan.''

Jadran said he did not know the number of partys under his command, unless he said all the local tribes are supporting him because they believe communists have assumed power in the province.

Jadran has been engaged in a battle with Karzai through the whole extent of the appointment of governors in Khowst and Paktia provinces in eastern Afghanistan.

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