101.   Military sources said the target of the attack was unclear, but British and French troops based near the airport had been put on full alert following the blasts.

102.   President Burhanuddin Rabbani and the government were now based near the main government air base at Bagram, the only airport to serve the city, said Ghafoorzai.

103.   The Atlanta Constitution newspaper said investigators interviewed three members of the Gadsden Minutemen, a right-wing group based near Birmingham, Alabama.