21.   Mohammed said government eradicators had not touched areas with dense concentrations of poppy fields by Friday, including northern districts of Helmand and parts of neighboring Uruzgan province.

22.   No immediate comment was available from the Taliban, who lost Yakaolang district in neighboring Bamiyan province on Saturday.

23.   Other fires blazed in the grasslands of neighboring Neuquen province as well as in Santa Cruz province in the far south of the country.

24.   Power was also out in parts of neighboring Isabela province, officials said.

25.   Reports emerged of a violent demonstration Friday by poppy farmers in neighboring Helmand province, the biggest source of Afghan opium.

26.   Protesters also blocked the road to neighboring Punjab province.

27.   Recent reports from local Afghan officials put the associate of Osama bin Laden farther north, in the mountains of neighboring Uruzgan province.

28.   The letter said the family arrived in neighboring Paktia province to discover one of their children was missing.

29.   The main camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is in neighboring Maguindanao province.

30.   The helicopter was apparently coming from the town of Andarab in neighboring Baghlan province, the official said.