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Local political rivalries in Afghanistan's eastern Pakhtia province appear to have contributed to the initial defeat of the US-led attack on al-Qaeda forces on Saturday and the worst US casualties since the war started last October.
Fighting continued on Wednesday in mountainous territory near Gardez, where US and Afghan forces are trying to force Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters from a network of mountain caves and bunkers.
Militia commanders in Gardez and Kabul said the US may have made the mistake of relying on a few local commanders who, accidentally or deliberately, gave wrong estimates of enemy troop numbers and backed out on pledges to assist in the battle.
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