Taliban stronghold may have fallen to freelance warlord

The Taliban stronghold of Jalalabad was reported to have fallen today to a warlord who has refused to ally himself to either side in the war for Afghanistan.

As US jets were pounding the eastern city, the Afghan Islamic Press said Jalalabad, the capital of the Nangarhar’s region, was now under the control of Yunis Khalis, who declared himself independent of both the Taliban and the Northern Alliance.