11.   He appealed to the people to co-operate with the state organs to maintain security in Kabul and elsewhere in the country.

12.   Several other unions expressed solidarity with the firefighters, whose earlier petitions to various ministries and other state organs went unheeded, they said.

13.   Several other trade unions expressed solidarity with the firefighters, whose earlier petitions to various ministries and other state organs went unheeded, they said.

14.   The ex-communist left has dominated both parliament and the government for more than two years, and will control all state organs if they win the presidency.