101.   He said the attacking force was mainly fighters loyal to Ahmad Shah Masood, the former Kabul military commander, who were led by a local commander.

102.   He said the attacking force were mainly fighters loyal to Ahmad Shah Masood, the former Kabul military commander, who were led by a local commander.

103.   Hundreds of fighters loyal to an incoming provincial governor may have been killed in battles for control of Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan, local leaders said.

104.   In a predawn attack Mandingo fighters loyal to ULIMO chairman Alhaji Kromah overran Konobo Shop in Brewerville, driving away rival Krahn militiamen loyal to General Roosevelt Johnson.

105.   It said several prisoners at the Monrovia central jail had also been released and armed to fight alongside fighters loyal to Johnson.

106.   A Somali factional leader claimed Thursday that his militiamen had defeated fighters loyal to warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid in a battle in the western town of Belet Huen overnight.

107.   According to Shabad and a resident of Samashki, also at the press conference, there was no resistance from fighters loyal to separatist President Dzhokhar Dudayev.

108.   But officials said fighters loyal to Rabbani had regained some lost ground since that defeat on Sunday, moving back into the neighbouring locality of Yakawlang.

109.   Fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden lost most of their positions around Tora Bora mountain in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, an AFP reporter verified.

110.   Fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden around Tora Bora mountain in eastern Afghanistan surrendered to militia forces on Tuesday, a local commander said.