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Afghans demand revenge for slaying

VIOLENCE The killing of Afghanistan's aviation minister, Mir Wais Sadeq, has stoked tensions between Sadeq's powerful warlord father and the central government

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , HERAT, AFGHANISTAN

Khan walked beside his son's casket as it was pulled on a gun-carriage through the streets and laid it on the hilltop as a crowd seethed around him. For a moment, he sat in silent prayer amid hundreds of chanting mourners.

Khan called for restraint and patience from his people. But he also sent a warning to the central government.

"We will pay very careful attention" to Karzai, he said, "to see what he is doing."

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