1.   A local Afghan commander said the blasts had been set off by a rocket attack.

2.   A couple of hours had passed and at last Mohammad Esmail, the Afghan commander, returned and assigned a crew to escort us to the other destroyed villages.

3.   A senior Afghan commander told Reuters that the rebel fighters were full retreat toward the Pakistan border.

4.   According to Afghan commanders here in the far eastern part of the country, civilians are being killed in the American hunt for Osama bin Laden.

5.   Afghan commanders have confirmed that about a dozen Army Special Forces troops are in Tora Bora to direct the bombing, but refuse to say more.

6.   Afghan commanders said that the Taliban had been given until Thursday to fulfill their surrender agreement.

7.   Afghan commanders said they were prepared to fight the Taliban in Baghran.

8.   Afghan commanders say they have driven the Arabs out of some caves on the lower slopes, only to watch their enemies take refuge in other caves higher up.

9.   Accounts from Afghan commanders in the area gave a confused picture.

10.   Afghan commanders claim to have gained control of half of the caves, but they have shown none of them to reporters.