1.   This became a forward base for the NPFL, and reports told of ships being diverted to Buchanan and their cargoes used to replenish the rebel supplies.

2.   Amin also said the group welcomed a forward base by the U.S. military inside Afghanistan.

3.   British military officials have spoken openly about the possibility of establishing a forward base in Afghanistan for some commando missions.

4.   But it is assumed that the Apaches will need some forward base closer to Yugoslav targets than is the main NATO military concentration near the Albanian capital of Tirana.

5.   By the same token, the rebels could use Kisangani as a major forward base from which to attack western Congo and perhaps seize the capital.

6.   Controlling these would give opposition forces, and American planes and ground units, a forward base inside Afghanistan and a useful military resupply route.

7.   Efforts to supply the opposition forces by air have been frustrated by the stalemate on the ground, further strengthening the argument for creation of a forward base.

8.   If secured, its airport could be used as a forward base of operations for U.S. troops inside Afghanistan.

9.   It will also be used by NATO for humanitarian aid now, but will be improved enough to serve eventually as a forward base for NATO war planes.

10.   Marines established a forward base in Afghanistan but were largely kept out of the fray.