21.   U.S.-backed Afghan warlords launched their attack in the Tora Bora region two weeks ago.

22.   Unresolved conflicts between Afghan warlords continue to break out around the country.

23.   Western reporters who followed the Afghan warlord down the mountain back to a village where he has set up headquarters in a school were told to leave immediately.

24.   Afghan warlord Gen. Rashid Dostum will arrive in Ankara later this week to visit his family and meet with Turkish officials, the Afghan embassy said Tuesday.

25.   Afghan warlords have long-standing rivalries that flare on their own.

26.   Afghan warlords opened peace talks in Iran on Monday, but the Taliban religious militia that controls most of the war-torn country was absent.

27.   Afghans would welcome an extended U.S. military presence in their war-ravaged country, Gen. Rashid Dostum, a powerful Afghan warlord, said Friday.

28.   Afghan warlord Gen. Rashid Dostum arrived Thursday in Turkey on a visit to his family that also could include meeting with Turkish officials, the Anatolia news agency reported.

29.   Afghan warlord Gen. Rashid Dostum arrived Thursday in Turkey on a visit to his family that also could include meeting with Turkish officials, the Anatolia news agency said.

30.   Afghan warlords opened peace talks Monday in Iran, but the Taliban religious militia that controls most of the war-torn country was absent.