21.   Jackson said he received two letters last week from Afghan official Mullah Abdul-Salam Zaeef asking him to come to the war-torn country for talks.

22.   Many Afghan officials from the area say the Americans listened to lies and were drawn into a feud between factions fighting to control the town.

23.   Mullah Abdul Wakil Muttawakil turned himself in to Afghan officials in Kandahar, they said.

24.   Other Afghan officials said the plane attacked after villagers fired in the air during a nearby wedding celebration.

25.   Securing a U.S. commitment to collect that money was a top goal of Afghan officials in meeting with Powell.

26.   Some Afghan officials say the Foreign Ministry.

27.   Some Afghan officials suggested that bin Laden might have fled Afghanistan altogether, and Omar urged his countrymen to be ready to wage a fierce war against the Americans.

28.   The Saudi government never supplied airplanes to carry the pilgrims, as Afghan officials in the Ministry of Hajj Affairs had hoped.

29.   The soldiers killed two of their assailants, Afghan officials said in Kabul.

30.   The suggestion by Khalilzad that U.S. forces may take on some security role seems to match the most recent proposals being floated by Afghan officials.