Stardate 20011208.2028 (On Screen via long range sensors): The "bruised ego" problem in Afghanistan may be taking a turn for the much worse. Gul Agha, one of the warlords in the south which was contending for Kandahar, is claiming to have besieged the other warlord, Naqibullah, and is also making plans to move out and try to take control over several provinces and the city of Herat. That city is already in the hands of one of the warlords of the Northern Alliance, Ismail Khan. If Agha really does this, it could cause a complete breakdown of the coalition government and reduce the entire nation to all-out intertribal war. It has to be prevented, no matter what. I hope he's just rattling his sabers; I hope that he doesn't really intend to move on Herat. But if he does, and if there is no other way of stopping him, then the US may have to fire a shot across his bow (or draw a line in the sand) by bombing just in front of his forces as they advance. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. This is the first crisis that Karzai faces; we can only hope that he can deal with it without our help.
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