21.   On Monday in northern Afghanistan, the powerful warlord Rashid Dostum met members of the deposed government and leaders of smaller minority groups.

22.   Rabbani and Massood have formed an alliance with a former communist, Rashid Dostum, a powerful ethnic Uzbek warlord.

23.   Taylor was a powerful warlord in the conflict.

24.   The Afghan government, a loose coalition of five Islamic groups, controls a third and the rest is divided among powerful warlords and a former communist general.

25.   The danger posed by powerful warlords and ensuing factional feuding featured prominently in a four-hour meeting Saturday with U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad.

26.   The only other major fighting force in Afghanistan is commanded by the powerful northern warlord, Rashid Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek.

27.   The only other fighting force left in Afghanistan is commanded by the powerful northern warlord, Rashid Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek.

28.   The other major fighting force in Afghanistan is commanded by the powerful northern warlord, Rashid Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek.

29.   The region is ruled by anti-Taliban forces, led by the powerful warlord Rashid Dostum and ousted military chief Ahmed Shah Massood.

30.   They are charged with trying to assassinate a powerful Georgian warlord, Jaba Ioseliani.