41.   Re-taking Mazar-e-Sharif from the Taliban would open up vital supply lines to the opposition alliance from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

42.   Retaking Mazar-e-Sharif would let the opposition consolidate vital supply routes along the borders with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, from which they obtain weapons.

43.   Serbs fear the Majevica offensive is part of a push by government forces to seize a vital Serb supply corridor in the extreme northeast.

44.   Sunday, heavy artillery battles erupted in northeastern Bosnia near a vital Serb supply corridor linking their holdings in east and west.

45.   Taking Mazar-e-Sharif would give the opposition control of vital supply routes, allowing ammunition, troops and other goods to flow in from neighboring Uzbekistan.

46.   The bridges are on vital supply lines to a Serb-held part of Croatia from Serb-held parts of Bosnia.

47.   That offensive puts severe pressure on the chief road link between Knin and Serb-held western Bosnia, a vital supply line for Serbs in Croatia.

48.   The alliance lost Mazar-e-Sharif to the Taliban two years later, severing vital supply links with neighboring Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

49.   The area borders Dagestan and is a vital supply route for rebels moving in and out of the southern, mountainous region of Chechnya.

50.   The area is a vital supply route for rebels in the southern, mountainous region of Chechnya.