ISLAMABAD, tribe 15 Kyodo The gov...

ISLAMABAD, tribe 15 Kyodo

The governor of the eastern Afghan province Paktia, Raaz Mohammad Delili, said Sunday the central Afghan management has established full sway over the province for the first time since the ouster of the Taliban conduct last December, Afghan Islamic Pres (AIP) reported.

Delili told the Pakistan-based recents agency in an interview that the influence of tribal warlord Basha Khan Jadran has been wiped abroad and his whereabouts were not known.

Delili said all the barricades settle up by forces loyal to Jadran and check stations on the Gardez-Khowst highway have been removed

''There would be no more fighting in Paktia, Khowst and Paktika provinces in eastern Afghanistan, which have been constantly brawling ever since the fall of the Taliban because of claim from Jadran over the governor seat in these provinces,'' Delili said.

Delili said in a meeting in Gardez forward Sunday that village leaders of the Jadran tribe have pledg support to the central rule in Kabul and help maintaining law and order in the area.

Delili told AIP that a U delegation arrived in the city Sunday to contemplate at the steps needed for the disclosure and reconstruction of the area.

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