BAGHJAHANUMA FORT, Afghanistan — About 200 fighters for one of northern Afghanistan's key warlords laid down their weapons Monday in a ceremony their leader said may be the first step toward broader disarmament.
"We have turned a new page," Ata Mohammed told his soldiers marshaled at the 120-year-old Baghjahanuma fort, about 50 miles southeast of the main northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. "Now is not the time for fighting, now is the time to lay down our guns."
