11.   Other than Kandahar, the spiritual home of the Taliban, there are few places left in Afghanistan where the onetime ruling Islamic regime are in control.

12.   Pashtuns dominate the ruling Taliban regime.

13.   The group, which goes by its French acronym, GIA, blames the United States for its support of the ruling regime in Algeria.

14.   The ruling Taliban regime has sought to intercept food supplies.

15.   The United States has been relying on a coalition of rebel forces in northern Afghanistan to drive out the ruling regime.

16.   Part of the inaugural ceremony was devoted to the support of Afghan women who have been barred from many public activities under the ruling hard-line Taliban regime.

17.   A key opposition leader Friday urged the West not to isolate the people of Serbia despite its distaste for the ruling regime of President Slobodan Milosevic.

18.   A traditional loya jirga, or grand council, is being promoted as the best means of selecting a new government for Afghanistan to replace the ruling Taliban regime.

19.   Al-Sayegh has denied involvement in the attack and says he is being targeted by the Saudi government because of his opposition to the ruling regime.

20.   Al-Sayegh says he is being targeted by the Saudi government because of his opposition to the ruling regime.