31.   There were military heroes and widows, a firefighter and flight attendants, educators and a labor leader, volunteers and Afghan officials.

32.   Those who refuse, Afghan officials warn, will have their crops plowed under anyway.

33.   U.S. special forces soldiers are helping Afghan commanders to search for Omar in the Baghran region, Afghan officials said.

34.   U.N. and Afghan officials refused Tuesday to go into detail about what the composition of the temporary government would look like or who would lead it.

35.   U.S. and Afghan officials dispute whether it crashed because of technical problems or was shot down.

36.   Zaher Shah had originally scheduled his return for last month, but put it off after Afghan officials said they had uncovered a plot to assassinate him.

37.   Zahir had originally scheduled his return for last month, but put it off after Afghan officials said they had uncovered an assassination plot.

38.   Other Afghan officials said U.S. bombers destroyed a village nearby on Saturday.

39.   Other Afghan officials said his whereabouts was unknown.

40.   Police and other Afghan officials are being paid.