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."



