11.   But Grippe said the al-Qaida troops had successfully immobilized the allied Afghan forces with mortars and automatic weapon fire.

12.   But Lindh does face conspiracy to kill Americans in Afghanistan stemming from his front-line role with Afghan forces fighting the U.S.-backed tribal fighters of the Northern Alliance.

13.   But there is evidence that some anti-Taliban Afghan forces have been killing the Arabs rather than allow them to be imprisoned.

14.   Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday a month of bombing has significantly weakened Afghan forces and left the Taliban government powerless.

15.   Franks said allied Afghan forces took prisoners in fighting Friday, but he said he would not know until Saturday how many had been captured.

16.   Franks said that a number of al-Qaida prisoners had been captured, but were still in the hands of the Afghan forces fighting them.

17.   He declined to address specific questions about the peacekeeping force allowed for under the agreement or the disarming of Afghan forces that is also called for.

18.   Half of the current Afghan allied force is made up of former Northern Alliance troops sent as reinforcements by the Ministry of Defense on Friday.

19.   He said U.S. and Afghan forces had made advances in Tora Bora, and had begun the dangerous business of clearing caves and tunnels.

20.   He suggested that the United States would rely more heavily on bombing raids and anti-Taliban Afghan forces in the hunt.