Afghan residents tell of town's takeover by al-Qaida

Tuesday, March 5, 2002

SURMAD, Afghanistan -- Two months ago, Arab and Chechen fighters showed up at the village of Shah-e-Kot and warned residents to leave or risk being caught up in fighting. Village elders accepted the advice. Now the village is the scene of some of the heaviest clashes of the Afghan war.

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