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Fighting erupts in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD. Jan 16: Fierce fighting erupted in western Afghanistan between the Afghan -Uzbek -milRitf )cd-t$ Rashid Dostum and the Taliban last night-, reports' reaefriing here said today, reports Xinhua.
The fighting broke out following the talks between the Taliban and the anti-Taliban alliance in Islamabad had failed to score any achievement.
This was also believed to l>e the first year battle between the Afghan warlords during the Muslim holy month ol Ramadan which started last Friday.
It was reported that Dostums' forces launched a massive ground attack against the stu-dent militia in the western province of Badghis.
Heavy fighting continued be-
tween the two tactions said the ■reports adding- that no shift-in preMOus position was observed. ' ’'Mso repotreci between Dostum forces and the Taliban mRitla '• in Ghor province.
Afghan observers believed that fighting was likely to intensify in different parts of Afghanistan after failure of the talks between representatives of the Taliban and the anti-Tal-iban alliance in Islamabad which ended on Wednesday without any progress.
The talks organized by the UN special envoy Norbert Holl, failed io produce any fruitful results as was obvious from the beginning of the parley.
Both sides were giving priority to their demands instead of trying to develop a consensus on establishing peace in the
war-torn country.
i.jJti , was . reported that Alghanistan’s ousted Defense MimataAfun-wi Masdodrind Dpsfam had recently met in northern Afghanistan and discussed the prevailing situation in the country.
The two faction leaders had agreed to launch joint attacks on Kabul as well as provinces controled by the Taliban.
It was yet not clear whether Masood forces were involved In the continued fighting or not.
The Taliab militia overran Kabul last year and pushed the forces of the ousted government led by Masood towards north.
The spectacular rise ol Taliban prompted the rival groups, including Dostum Masood and Karim Khalili who led Shiite Hezb-i-Wehdat faction to close their ranks.