21. The travel warning updates an earlier call that advised American citizens to defer all nonessential travel to Indonesia because of separatist and religious violence in outlying provinces. 22. Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has called for more foreign troops to be sent to the outlying provinces following outbreaks of fighting between rival warlords and clan leaders. 23. Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has called for more foreign troops to be sent to the outlying provinces amid sporadic outbreaks of fighting between rival warlords and clan leaders. 24. There have also been a number of reported disturbances in outlying provinces with ethnic rivalries and power struggles between warlords resulting in fresh conflict. 25. Security forces were deployed in strength in central districts and also erected roadblocks on highways into the city to stop the party from bussing supporters in from outlying provinces. 26. Security forces sealed off central districts and erected roadblocks on highways into the city to stop the party from bussing supporters in from outlying provinces. |