1.   Albanian organized-crime groups are trying to control the province, he said.

2.   Calling themselves the Front for the Defense of Democracy, the guerrillas virtually control two provinces in the northeast of the country, Cibitoke and Bubanza.

3.   He controls five provinces in the north, but not Balkh Province, where Mazar-e-Sharif is located and where Atta is stronger.

4.   It will also have to win the loyalty of the warlords who now control several provinces.

5.   The results confirm a trend in which the Justicialists will control most provinces no matter who wins the presidential vote next month.

6.   Dostum, who once controlled six provinces of northern Afghanistan, returned to Afghanistan early last year to continue fighting the Taliban.

7.   Dostum controls seven provinces and commands a well-disciplined and well-armed force.

8.   In the Zairian capital, Kinshasa, Prime Minister Leon Kengo wa Dondo claimed his army still controlled both provinces.

9.   It controls the provinces where four of the five ports to be renovated are located.

10.   Malik Pahlawan, a disgruntled general who staged a mutiny last Monday, now controls Faryab province with the exception of two small areas, Yusuf said.