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...of State, during a visit to India. After days of clashes, Pashtun tribal fighters loyal to former Kandahar governor Gul Agha battled their way into Kandahar airport from the south on Tuesday despite fighting by pro-bin Laden Arab fighters...
...to the United States' second most wanted man, after Osama bin Laden. The governor of the southern city of Kandahar, Gul Agha, said Thursday his men were not negotiating with Omar but were continuing to search for him and to persuade tribal leaders...
...improve security for flights, Jarvis said. Wider security in the area now is supplied by troops loyal to Kandahar Gov. Gul Agha. Flights currently come only at night. United Nations and Red Cross humanitarian flights will eventually fly into Kandahar...
...Right now we are in contact with more than 15 senior Taliban leaders," said Khalid Pushtoon, an aide to Kandahar Gov. Gul Agha Shirzai. "We are trying to convince them that they will be treated with dignity and honor." On Friday, the Taliban...
...before launching military operations in their region after a U.S airstrike this month reportedly killed 48 civilians. Gul Agha, governor of Kandahar province, said the governors also would establish a 500-member rapid deployment force to hunt...
...near Bala Zare, 60 miles east of Kandahar. It cited a Taliban spokesman as saying fighters under a former governor, Gul Agha, attacked Taliban positions with air support from U.S. warplanes, but were repulsed and suffered heavy casualties...
...tensions were running high in Kandahar, with rival armed groups -- one under Mullah Naqibullah and the other under Gul Agha -- claiming control of key parts of the city. Karzai, who has promised to set up a tribal commission to run Kandahar...
...himself surrounded by guards and detonated a grenade, killing himself. A high-ranking security official for Gov. Gul Agha, commander Sadozai, said Tuesday in Kandahar that top Taliban officials sent a messenger three or four days ago saying...
...turned over to the United States, a Kandahar commander said Wednesday. Jalal Khan, a close associate of Kandahar Gov. Gul Agha, told The Associated Press the defecting Taliban had met officials in the Kandahar government and received general amnesty...
...allies pressed their hunt for al-Qaida and Taliban renegades. In the southern city of Kandahar, the local governor, Gul Agha, accused Iran of sending vehicles and weapons into Afghanistan to undermine the new interim government of Hamid Karzai...