91.   Al-Arab was able to enter Kabul after talks with the northern alliance.

92.   Advance elements of a northern alliance force have entered Helmand province, one of the last areas of the country still regarded under Taliban control, the official said.

93.   Afghan factions are closer to a deal on a post-Taliban administration after the northern alliance said it might accept foreign troops to provide security.

94.   Aid agencies this week began redeploying international relief workers to Afghanistan in the wake of the northern alliance offensive.

95.   Aides to the king have accused the northern alliance of breaking a promise by entering the capital and urged the group not to impose its rule on Afghanistan.

96.   Alim Khan, a northern alliance commander there, said anti-Taliban forces would launch a major attack on the city within three days.

97.   All the cities were taken from the Taliban over the past week by troops of the northern alliance.

98.   All the five he named were part of a faction of the northern alliance with which Rahman had broken.

99.   After the shooting, the Red Cross pulled its workers out of the fort area as northern alliance commanders took control of the scene.

100.   Alim Khan, a northern alliance commander, said Saturday that anti-Taliban forces would launch a major attack on the capital within three days.