11.   The militia has taken responsibility for roadside bombings, gun attacks and, more recently, suicide bombings in Israel.

12.   The religious militia took over Kabul, the Afghan capital, two years ago.

13.   The Taliban religious militia took control of the capital from deposed President Burhanuddin Rabbani in September.

14.   The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that Taliban militia had taken over two warehouses in Kandahar and Kabul, entering with guns and telling staff to get out.

15.   In two major territorial gains in the past week the Taliban militia took over eastern Nangarhar and Laghman provinces.

16.   Afghan militia finally took Tora Bora last weekend and hundreds of al-Qaeda fighters fled the area.

17.   After a long lull, the influx of refugees became a flood again after the Taliban Islamic militia took Kabul in September.

18.   Afghan militia finally took Tora Bora last weekend and hundreds of al-Qaeda fighters fled the area then.

19.   Before the religious militia took over, residents of Kabul stayed glued to their television screens during previous cups which were relayed one day later through Moscow.

20.   The Taliban Islamic militia has taken the eastern Afghanistan province of Kunar, the private Afghan Islamic Press agency reported Sunday.