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Afghan Warlords Overruns City

HeadlineApr 09, 2004

In Afghanistan Thursday a militia run by powerful warlord’s seized control of the provincial capital of Maymana forcing the governor to flee. The Associated Press reports this could become the biggest challenge yet to the U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai.

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