On Outskirts Of Kabul, 'Warlordistan' May Be Glimpse Of Afghan Future -- Stars And Stripes
PUL-E-CHARKI, Afghanistan — Just down the road from NATO’s Camp Warehouse, on the outskirts of Kabul, is a town residents say represents everything the international military coalition has been fighting for more than a decade: A little slice of Warlordistan, where the central government has little power, mafia bosses grab land at will, and armed militias enforce the law — often harshly.
On Pul-e-Charki’s gritty, dust-blown main road, 10 miles east of the Presidential Palace, plainclothes gunmen roam its chaotic market. Ubiquitous white pickups with militiamen manning machine guns cruise menacingly. Militiamen said to be loyal to two warlords, who are also members of Afghanistan’s national parliament, control parts of four districts, an area that includes the Afghan military’s main training center.
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