Afghan interim Authority Planning Minister Haji Mohammed Mohaqiq gestures during an interview with Reuters in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan February 9, 2002. [Mohaqiq, the northern leader of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic group said on Saturday his party was willing to play a mediating role in disputes between rival local factions that have threatened to undermine the new national admionistration in Kabul. He said that it would take time for Afghans to wean themselves away from solving problems with guns after two decades of war.]