91.   The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan reportedly said the request was not initiated by the ruling militia.

92.   The U.N. Security Council has approved the use of U.N. monitors to help enforce sanctions against Afghanistan, an action condemned by the ruling Taliban militia on Tuesday.

93.   There has been heavy fighting in recent days as soldiers from the ruling Taliban militia appeared to be trying to encircle the opposition.

94.   This past weekend, the ruling Taliban militia allowed foreign journalists into their besieged nation for the first time since the campaign began.

95.   They too are expected to get their visas on Monday in Pakistan -- one of only three countries to have diplomatic ties with the ruling Islamic militia here.

96.   Those conditions are made even more difficult by laws laid down by the ruling Taliban militia, which ban most forms of light entertainment.

97.   U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he is confident strikes have taken toll on al-Qaida terrorist network and ruling Taliban militia.

98.   U.N. international employees began returning to Afghanistan on Sunday after the ruling Taliban militia guaranteed they would not face a violent backlash because of newly proposed sanctions.

99.   U.N. sanctions were imposed on Afghanistan in January to press the ruling Taliban militia to hand over suspected terror mastermind Osama bin Laden for trial.

100.   With a religious decree and some serious resolve, the ruling Taliban militia has virtually eradicated opium-producing poppy flowers from Afghan soil.