1.   After hours of fierce fighting, rebels broke through and captured the capital.

2.   But it took nearly three months to capture the capital.

3.   A senior U.S. defense official in Washington confirmed Friday that opposition forces had captured the capital of central Ghowr province, Chaghcharan.

4.   After capturing the capital, the unified guerrilla factions splintered and turned their guns on one another in a battle for total control over the country.

5.   After capturing the capital, the formerly allied factions splintered and turned on another in an all-out battle for control of the country.

6.   After meeting with Dostum, he flew to Kabul to meet the Taliban rebels, who captured the capital last week.

7.   After capturing the capital Kabul, the guerrilla factions turned their guns on one another in a battle for control of the country.

8.   After capturing the capital, however, the guerrilla factions splintered and turned their guns on one another.

9.   After capturing the capital, the formerly allied factions splintered and turned on another in an all out battle for supreme control of the country.

10.   And so far, at least, the United States is not bombing Taliban front lines near Kabul, which would help the rebels capture the capital.