January 22, 2002	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 7, 1422

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KABUL, Jan 21: Fighting between factions of Afghanistan’s fragile Northern Alliance reportedly broke out on Monday even as pledges of reconstruction aid flowed in from international donors meeting in Japan.

The infighting in northern Afghanistan raised fears long-standing ethnic rivalries could again split the country.

The Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported that ethnic Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum’s forces and ethnic Tajik fighters loyal to former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani had been fighting in northern Kunduz province for two days.—AFP