1.   Al-Qaida prisoners here have also told their Afghan captors that bin Laden was seen in the area late last week, Afghan officials say.

2.   A reporter in Jalalabad seeking an overnight visit to Gudara on Friday was discouraged by Afghan officials and villagers who said his safety could not be guaranteed.

3.   Afghan officials said Friday that the surrender of Taliban holdouts in northern Helmand province was continuing slowly.

4.   Afghan officials said earlier this week that two of the three were in Saudi custody.

5.   Afghan officials said Tuesday that Waheed has started giving up vehicles and weapons, and that the surrender process was on track.

6.   Afghan officials appealed for help from the U.S. military, the British-led international peacekeepers and humanitarian aid agencies already working in the country.

7.   Afghan officials blamed the shooting on remnants of the Taliban and Al Qaeda terror network.

8.   Afghan officials said many of those arrested had traveled recently to Pakistan and to Iran, where Hekmatyar was last seen.

9.   Afghan officials said the conspiracy was linked to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a longtime warlord known for his anti-Western views and his ruthlessness on the battlefield.

10.   Afghan officials said they did not know who fired the shots.