1.   A checkpoint guard said the barrage was launched by the Taliban, who have been trying to topple the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani.

2.   Checkpoint guards tell two Druse men they can approach to collect their final pay through the fence.

3.   He also chided Wickware for using insulting language to a Bosnian checkpoint guard while returning to camp.

4.   Levine said a checkpoint guard fired a grenade launcher during a confrontation with a man trying to enter the city.

5.   Those who do venture out may face a hostile checkpoint guard on one block and a pack of wild dogs on another.