71.   The deal defuses tensions which threatened factional fighting after the former ruling militia abandoned the city.

72.   The exiled Saudi militant is holed up in neighboring Afghanistan, under the protection of the ruling Taliban militia.

73.   The fighters were brought to the hospital by their Taliban allies before the former ruling militia abandoned the city last month.

74.   The loss of the supply route could be a major setback for the ruling militia.

75.   The predawn attacks followed a hiatus in the U.S.-led campaign against the ruling Taliban militia for Friday, the Muslim holy day.

76.   The new U.N. sanctions against the ruling Taliban militia take effect later this week.

77.   The morning attacks followed a hiatus in the U.S.-led campaign against the ruling Taliban militia for Friday, the Muslim holy day.

78.   The opposition, which controls five percent of Afghanistan including the quake area, is fighting a bloody war against the ruling Taliban militia.

79.   The ruling militia says it also is looking closely at the activities of other relief groups, including those attached to the United Nations.

80.   The ruling Taliban militia acknowledged Saturday that the opposition alliance had captured Mazar-e-Sharif a day earlier.