...the deserved reputation of having served Herat well when he was governor and improving the lot of citizens living in Herat Province. When called upon by President Karzai, he came to Kabul to serve the central government, which he has done well...

...heaviest strikes yet on the front line. An Associated Press reporter at the front saw six bombs fall. And in western Herat province, Bakhtar said residents in Jabraheel, west of Herat city, the site of several U.N. refugee camps, have found...

...justice minister who imposed some of the Taliban's harshest edicts. Others are Abdul Haq, former security chief of Herat province, an ancient cultural crossroads where the Taliban's crude, extreme Islamic rule was never well-accepted, the...