31.   Government forces repulse Taliban night attack on Kabul.

32.   Israeli heavy artillery on Friday shelled Hezbollah strongholds north of the zone after the group claimed the late night attack, Lebanese police said.

33.   A commando force of the ousted Kabul government made a night attack deep inside territory held by the Taliban Islamic militia north of Kabul, Western travellers said Thursday.

34.   A blackout was ordered in the Ecuadoran town of Iquitos, apparently in anticipation of a night air attack.

35.   Chechen rebels defied encircling Russian forces bombarding them Thursday for a fourth day in the Dagestani village of Pervomaiskaya and launched a surprise night counter attack.

36.   The Taliban on the Hossain Kot frontline claimed they had launched a night attack against ex-government forces and had pushed them back some distance.

37.   URGENT Government forces repulse Taliban night attack on Kabul.

38.   Meanwhile, Chechen fighters said they were planning a night attack on the crossroad captured by the Russians on Friday.

39.   One the paper had seen portrayed a night attack on a police station and militants in weapons and unarmed combat training, while others showed actual killings.

40.   Taliban religious militia attackers were repulsed by government forces in a night attack on Kabul from the east and southwest, an official spokesman told AFP Thursday.