Ogata urges cease-fire to warlords in northern Afghanistan

Ogata urges cease-fire to warlords in northern Afghanistan

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan - Japanese envoy Sadako Ogata (R) meets with the leaders of warring factions in northern Afghanistan, including the ethnic Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostam and his Tajik rival Atta Mohammad -- and other Afghan officials in Mazar-e-Sharif on July 7 and urged them to stop fighting each other. Ogata said she told the warlords that Japan cannot provide financial help to rebuild Afghanistan unless there is security in the country.

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