101.   Russia wants to prevent the Taliban from joining up with the Tajik opposition fighters.

102.   Russian border guards killed a Tajik opposition fighter trying to cross into Tajikistan from Afghanistan and forced two others to retreat, news reports said Monday.

103.   Russian servicemen in Dushanbe have often been targeted by radical Muslim opposition fighters, but attacks on civilians have been rarer.

104.   Russian border guards opened fire on Tajik opposition fighters trying to cross the border from Afghanistan into Tajikistan, killing two, authorities said Saturday.

105.   Since then, the government has amnestied a number of opposition fighters and given others state jobs.

106.   Salik said several Taliban soldiers were killed in the fighting, while five opposition fighters were wounded.

107.   Scattered clashes continued around Childara on Friday, with small groups of opposition fighters retreating into the mountains, the official said.

108.   Scowling and jeering opposition fighters shoved a Pakistani prisoner.

109.   Since the peace deal was signed, the government has granted amnesty to a number of opposition fighters and given others state jobs.

110.   Some opposition fighters may have been comrades-in-arms with some of those Arabs now belonging to al-Qaida, say analysts.