11.   An alliance of opposition parties, known as the National Islamic Front for the Deliverance of Afghanistan, is battling the Taliban religious militia on several fronts.

12.   Ashakzai said women in Kandahar are frustrated that Pashtun men are jailed as Taliban because the deposed religious militia were mostly ethnic Pashtuns.

13.   Bin Laden is said to be on the move again after falling out with his former hosts, the Taliban religious militia that rules Afghanistan.

14.   Bin Laden reportedly left his first base in Afghanistan after falling-out with his hosts, the Taliban religious militia that rules most of the country.

15.   Beyond the snow-clogged mountain passes in central Bamiyan province, fighting between the Taliban religious militia and their Shiite opponents was ferocious, opposition soldiers said Monday.

16.   Both Dostum and Hezb-e-Wahadat belong to an anti-Taliban alliance trying to stop the religious militia from consolidating its power throughout the country.

17.   Bridas also is negotiating with the Taliban, the religious militia that controls about two-thirds of Afghanistan, for transit rights through the war-shattered nation.

18.   Bunker said among vehicles seized were three ambulances and a pickup truck confiscated by the Taliban in Kandahar, the headquarters of the religious militia.

19.   Bush condemned the Taliban religious militia that rules most of Afghanistan and gives bin Laden refuge.

20.   But it was not clear whether the Taliban religious militia would attend.