11.   Karzai was in the area where the stray bomb landed, but he was not injured, Pentagon officials, tribal leaders and relatives said.

12.   Karzai was in the area where the stray bomb landed.

13.   Sections of the Western media and public have expressed concern or revulsion over images of impoverished Afghan civilians killed and maimed by stray bombs.

14.   Some lethal stray bombs, some Puerto Rican nationalism and some plain bad luck have hobbled his plan.

15.   The U.S. Central Command announced that a stray bomb damaged a mosque Friday in the town of Khowst, in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.

16.   The U.S. Central Command announced that a stray bomb had damaged a mosque Friday in the town of Khowst, in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.

17.   While a majority of Americans and Britons still back the war, opinion polls have shown a dip in support amid reports of stray U.S. bombs killing Afghan civilians.

18.   While a majority of Britons still back the war, opinion polls have shown a dip in support amid reports of stray U.S. bombs killing Afghan civilians.