1.   In recent weeks a new front opened in the west.

2.   Most of the fighting has been in or around Kabul, but in recent weeks a second front has opened in western Afghanistan.

3.   New battle fronts also opened in other areas, and the capital of Sarajevo experienced the most intense artillery and small-arms exchanges in recent months.

4.   Several weeks ago a second front opened in western Badghis province and international aid workers expressed worries that civilians seemed to be targeted because of their ethnic origins.

5.   The newest advance from Croatia means another front has opened against the rebel Serbs, who have already lost thousands of square miles in the region.

6.   To the southwest of Kabul, another front has opened in recent weeks.

7.   Meanwhile fresh cross-border attacks on Israeli positions from south Lebanon in recent days have underscored fears that a second front was opening.

8.   Meanwhile fresh cross-border attacks on Israeli positions from south Lebanon underscored fears that a second front was opening.

9.   The northwestern front opened a month ago when the Taliban seized a part of the previously neutral Badghis province threatenning the stronghold of northern warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostam.