They call the deal unjust, asserting that they had an understanding that they would receive a greater hand in governing Afghanistan.

He did not answer directly when asked if the guerrillas were ready to govern Afghanistan.

The diverse guerrilla groups can govern Afghanistan only if they form "a unified, strengthened, solidified institution," he said.

From July 2002 until the Presidential elections in October 2004, the Transitional Administration governed Afghanistan.

Afghan Battles Rage Fighters for the religious movement governing Afghanistan are fervently determined to retake ground lost to their more moderate opposition.

At one point in 1997, when the Taliban governed Afghanistan, its authorities seized a truckload of morphine base from Mr. Noorzai, the indictment says.

He spoke out against the idea of sending a United Nations peacekeeping force or any other armed foreign force to govern Afghanistan once the current military campaign ends.

He governed Afghanistan as Royal Prime Minister from November 14, 1929 until May 1946.

But, he said, a new political coalition must be formed to govern Afghanistan.

To encourage that cooperation, Washington wants to offer the groups a role in governing Afghanistan after the conflict.