Accord to be signed tomorrow, says Alliance

Afghan groups at talks in Germany have agreed on a UN-brokered power-sharing deal and will sign it on Tuesday, a Northern Alliance…

Afghan groups at talks in Germany have agreed on a UN-brokered power-sharing deal and will sign it on Tuesday, a Northern Alliance source at the talks said.

The source said the royalists would head the interim administration for six months and that the other groups negotiating, including the powerful Northern Alliance and the Cyprus and Peshawar groups, would have the other ministries.

"They [the ex-king's entourage] will head the government. The ministries will be given to the Northern Alliance and the other groups according to their weights," he said.

AFP