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Two Area Tribes in Negotiations Over Control of Spin Boldak

Aired November 29, 2001 - 06:30   ET

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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Much work is still ahead for Afghan and United Nation leaders that are meeting near Bonn, Germany. Before their summit break Sunday, their talks were expected to lay the foundation for a post Taliban government in Afghanistan.

CNN's Nic Robertson has more on the post Taliban reorganization from inside of Afghanistan.

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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Little of this bustling border crossing hints at the turmoil in Taliban territory beyond these gates. Above American jets refuel before passing unhindered into Afghan airspace, the missions of war.

Down below, however, the diplomacy of war moves slower. Talks between Taliban and tribal leaders for control of Spin Boldak are now stretching into their third day.

(on camera): The desire here is for the Taliban to hand over control of Spin Boldak quickly. Why the negotiations are taking so long is difficult to assess because some of those involved say there are no disagreements.

(voice-over): But Pakistani officials say two local tribes involved in the negotiations, Noorzai and Achakzai, can not agree amongst themselves who will get control of the town. Aquil Shah from the predominant Noorzai tribe tells of how when they get control, they will make the town safe.

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AQUIL SHAH (through translator): The people will get the power and then they organize themselves on the basis of local area for peace, then they'll tell the world not to bomb us.

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ROBERTSON: That the two tribes should disagree at such an early stage of their grip on power worries Spin Boldak tradesmen.

"Thieves will increase. We are shopkeepers," Shohab (ph) says. "Everything will be destroyed. Each shop is worth $4,000." If the problem in Spin Boldak is complicated by just two tribes, consider what problems there may be in negotiating surrenders elsewhere in Afghanistan. Listen to all the different tribes Aquil Shah says will want a say in Kandahar's future.

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ROBERTSON: That's a recipe Pakistani officials fear is more likely to cook up chaos than bring calm. Nic Robertson, CNN, on the Pakistan-Afghan border.

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