21.   Muttaqi said an infantry attack Tuesday by ethnic Uzbek warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostam had been repulsed by the Taliban in Badghis.

22.   Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday spoke out against secessionist ambitions in an apparent response to reported remarks by a former ethnic Igbo warlord.

23.   On Saturday, Brahimi held talks with Pakistani Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar and ethnic Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostam.

24.   Senior regional leaders including the ethnic Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostam, who was not given a cabinet post, also attended the ceremony along with various diplomats.

25.   Some -- including Kazemi and ethnic Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostam -- have questioned the distribution of power.

26.   The establishment of a national army is seen as a major step towards establishing peace in a country riven by fighting between rival ethnic warlords.

27.   The establishment of a national defence force is seen as a major step towards establishing peace in a country riven by fighting between rival ethnic warlords.

28.   The ethnic Uzbek warlord was speaking after ethnic skirmishes broke out earlier this week in a northern Afghan area under his control.

29.   The ethnic Uzbek warlord, who is deputy defense minister in the interim Afghan administration, held talks here Thursday with Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes.

30.   The previous week, the forces of ethnic Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostam clashed with ethnic Tajik fighters loyal to former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani in northern Kunduz province.