1.   In the coming days, reconnaissance parties from the contributing nations will arrive, followed by a force that will work to get Kabul International Airport functioning.

2.   He said it was unlikely they would be deployed until French officers with the reconnaissance party assessed the situation on the ground.

3.   In Bosnia itself, a US official said an initial reconnaissance party of US troops was expected to land at the Tuzla airbase early on Wednesday.

4.   In Tuzla, UN spokesman Daljeet Bagga said the US advance reconnaissance party arrived early Tuesday to scout out the area.

5.   A reconnaissance party of soldiers from the US Army First Armoured Division is expected in Tuzla, northeast Bosnia, UN officials said Tuesday.

6.   A spokesman said a reconnaissance party of about a dozen engineers and medics left London on Thursday to assess the needs on the ground in Rwanda.

7.   The reconnaissance party will be led by Royal Marines Brigadier Jonathan Thompson and will include representatives from the Marines, the Parachute Regiment and engineers, the source said.

8.   Last week a US reconnaissance party that travelled up to the Serb-held town of Bosanski Samac, near Brcko, clashed with the Serbs in the town.

9.   No date has been set, but a reconnaissance party arrived Thursday.

10.   Richardson said a German reconnaissance party would arrive in the next few days.