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Fragile ceasefire holds in troubled Gardez region.

(8 Feb 2002) Gardez town 1. Wide of line of troops marching towards camera across snow covered track 2. Various of soldiers marching past during training exercise 3. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Zaid Dullah Qaumi, Commander of Gardez provincial troops: "We belong to the government defence ministry but before this there were civilian commanders and we don't want to interfere with them." 4. Various of soldiers running along track towards camera 5. Various of street scenes in Gardez town with fort visible in background 6. Various of soldiers walking up steps to fort 7. Soldiers standing at lookout position from fort 8. Close-up of hand-held rocket launchers (used to defend fort) 9. Soldier speaking into radio 10. Wide shot showing buildings and soldier on roof-top beside heavy machine gun 11. Long shot of soldier manning gun position 12. Wide overlooking residential area of Gardez, frontline and mountains 13. Long shot showing fortified area where U-S troops are thought to be based Gardez frontline 14. Interior of truck cab looking out over road - driving towards frontline (and U-S troops base visible in distance) 15. Various of barrels being used as check-point 16. Wide shot of check-point 17. Close-up of tents (with UNHCR printed on side) used at checkpoint 18. SOUNDBITE: (Pashtun) Ghulam Gilani, son of warlord Bacha Khan: "It was only for one week, but five days are gone and two days are left." (He is referring to the cease fire between the Bacha Khan and Gardez fighters.) 19. Cutaway of Ghulam Gilani 20. SOUNDBITE: (Pashtun) Ghulam Gilani, son of warlord Bacha Khan: "The village name is Jawara. Two days ago I contacted by telephone - they said that two aircraft without pilots shot three rockets and killed three people but they are not al-Qaida." 21. Soldiers standing with guns 22. Wide of road near frontline 23. Long shot of mountain peak in area where Bacha Khan fighters are thought to be positioned STORYLINE: Within months of coming to power, Afghanistan's interim government is still having difficulty imposing its authority over the country's provinces. Gardez has seen the most serious factional fighting in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban. About 60 people are reported to have been killed in a two-day battle last week. The fighting broke out after warlord Bacha Khan sought to take the governorship of Paktia province, in eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan. Khan was appointed by the interim government of Prime Minister Hamid Karzai. But he is opposed by the shura - or council - members, who claim he is unscrupulous and bloodthirsty. According to fighters in Gardez, 300 men defended the town from Bacha Khan's soldiers trying to take it last week. To demonstrate the confused situation, Zaid Dullah Qaumi, who commands the fighters defending Gardez, said he still follows the government defence ministry in Kabul, but that he also doesn't want to interfere with Gardez's civilian leadership. The Gardez fighters told journalists on Friday the old fort, a key part of the town's defence, was hit a hundred times by shell fire, but still wasn't taken. At a lookout position on the fort, rocket launchers lay around, used by the defenders they said, to repel Bacha Khan's attack. Fighters on Friday were still on their guard, manning heavy-machine guns in case of another strike. The frontline lies between Gardez and distant mountains. It runs along the snow covered plains. Just visible looking out towards the frontline is a fortified structure, where Gardez fighters say US troops are based. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...