1.   Ashakzai said women in Kandahar are frustrated that Pashtun men are jailed as Taliban because the deposed religious militia were mostly ethnic Pashtuns.

2.   Sabari elders denied fired toward the U.S. aircraft or having links to the al-Qaida network or the deposed Taliban militia.

3.   Sabari elders denied firing on the Australians or the U.S. aircraft or having links to al-Qaida or the deposed Taliban militia.

4.   Tribal elders denied to Taniwal on Friday that they fired toward the U.S. aircraft or had links to the al-Qaida network or the deposed Taliban militia.