1.   Amid the cries and shouts, and the vigilance of nervous soldiers, the negotiations between Sharif and the lieutenant continued.

2.   Nervous soldiers with machine guns led the groups of fighters.

3.   Nervous young Israeli soldiers patrol the streets.

4.   Refugees arriving from Kunduz on Friday spoke of a city in turmoil, with nervous Taliban soldiers looking for a way out of Kunduz that would not involve surrender.

5.   As a U.N. envoy trotted toward an Indonesian army helicopter, East Timorese protesters spilled onto the runway tarmac and shouted their anger at nervous soldiers.

6.   By midnight Sunday, the city was calm, though nervous soldiers and police patrolled the streets.

7.   Checkpoints on the outskirts of Kabul were manned by nervous Taliban soldiers who were stopping vehicles trying to head north.

8.   Joggers ran freely, knowing there were no nervous soldiers who might mistake them for rebels on the run.

9.   Nervous Russian soldiers lay behind hastily thrown-up barricades, tracking with sniper rifles any civilians wanting to pass the post.

10.   Nervous Taliban soldiers manned the checkpoints on the outskirts of Kabul stopping reporters trying to reach Baghram.