11.   The capture of Kabul would likely speed the process of replacing the ruling Islamic Taliban militia with an interim government sympathetic to the U.S.-led war on terrorism.

12.   The former ruling militia, the Taliban, raided the banks and took the money.

13.   The hospital has a room upstairs designed for prisoners, and officials from the ruling militia have considered moving them there.

14.   The problem is the ruling Taliban militia, who finally seem to be putting limits on the drug trade.

15.   The ruling Taliban militia, however, said it was holding its ground.

16.   When the ruling militia announced that it was broadening its investigation, many people within aid organizations assumed that the passionately Christian assistance mission would be a target.

17.   Opposition troops led by ousted president Burhanuddin Rabbani said they had recaptured the town from the ruling Taliban militia.

18.   Peyrard was arrested this month by the ruling Taliban militia after sneaking into Afghanistan.

19.   A bomb exploded in the heart of the beleaguered Afghan capital early Wednesday, said members of the ruling Taliban militia.

20.   American officials confirmed opposition forces were in the city, and that fighters of the ruling Islamic militia were fleeting.