1.   Clashes continued elsewhere in areas to which opposition forces had retreated.

2.   Alliance leaders said Taliban forces had retreated from both Taliqan and Mazar-e-Sharif and were converging on Kunduz, which lies in between the two.

3.   Alliance leaders said Taliban forces had retreated from both Taloqan and Mazar-e-Sharif and were converging on Kunduz, which lies in between the two.

4.   By Saturday afternoon, it appeared that the Zairian government forces had retreated to a line about four miles outside town, aid workers said.

5.   Later, as Taliban forces retreated, many of their fighters stole what they could.

6.   Officials said the Pakistani forces retreated for a time, and when they returned, the suspected al-Qaida fighters opened fire.

7.   Taliban forces have retreated from these territories, the drivers said, but Northern Alliance forces have not moved in to fill the vacuum.

8.   The Army this week brushed off new reports that American forces needlessly attacked retreating Iraqi troops after a cease-fire was declared in the Persian Gulf war.

9.   The fighting took place as Taliban forces retreated from this village, which is outside Kabul and near the strategic Bagram air base.

10.   The Nixon forces retreated but later challenged the jurisdiction of an El Paso court over the remains.