1.   At military checkpoints along the Kokcha River, which flows around the Taloqan front, usually lax opposition fighters vigilantly checked passing cars for weapons and potential Taliban infiltrators.

2.   A few feet away, a young opposition fighter looked on, silently clutching his Kalashnikov submachine gun.

3.   Abdul Zaher, an opposition fighter who lost his left leg to a land mine three years ago, said he was both imprisoned and tortured by the Taliban.

4.   He also said he did not know whether any opposition fighters were killed or wounded.

5.   He said the military had, thus far, the least-significant coordination with opposition fighters in the east, around Jalalabad and the cave complexes.

6.   The Taliban surrendered Kandahar last Friday after the relentless American bombing campaign and advances on the ground by opposition tribal fighters whose factions now control the city.

7.   They released pictures of American troops riding horseback with Afghan opposition fighters across a stretch of desert.

8.   Under a March peace agreement, the brigade is carrying out joint patrols with the opposition fighters, supposedly to root out renegade armed gangs that roam the countryside.

9.   Opposition fighters entered the capital Tuesday.

10.   Opposition fighters hope the American action will allow them to advance on the capital.