11.   During the war against Soviet invaders, the Americans themselves helped finance construction of some of them, including two large camps near Khost in Paktia province.

12.   He says that culture did not politicize Islam before the Afghan war against Soviet invaders and Soviet-backed communist governments in Kabul.

13.   Some CIA contacts no doubt date back to association with Afghan guerrilla fighters during the war against Soviet invaders.

14.   The Afghanistes are Algerians who fought alongside the Mujahidin against the Soviet invaders and, in the process, were radicalized.

15.   The two are locally prominent former commanders of Afghan resistance forces in the war against Soviet invaders and are not members of the Taliban.

16.   Thousands of Arabs, including many from Yemen, went to Afghanistan to join U.S.-supported guerrillas in fighting Soviet invaders.

17.   Yemen may fear a broader investigation might reveal embarrassing links between government officials and Arab veterans of the Afghan war against Soviet invaders, diplomats and experts say.

18.   Rabbani expressed optimism that, using the same strength of will that helped vanquish the Soviet invaders, the Afghan people could reconstruct their country through their own efforts.