21.   The fighting took place as Taliban forces retreated from this village, which is outside Kabul and near the strategic Bagram air base.

22.   The fighting is taking place in courtrooms and on Capitol Hill.

23.   The fighting takes place on a moonscape of crushed or bullet-riddled homes.

24.   The fighting took place near the town of Gardez in Paktia Province.

25.   The maps showed a four-fold increase in cancers in those areas where the fighting took place.

26.   The Russian military reacted angrily to the story, denying that any fighting had taken place within the city limits.

27.   The town of Srbica, which lies just a mile from Prekaz, where the heaviest fighting took place, is deserted.

28.   The western town of Tetovo, where heavy fighting took place in March, is also under curfew as rebels have reappeared in the western border areas.

29.   Unlike so many other villages I had passed through that day, the fighting did not take its toll on this town.

30.   Police said no fighting took place inside the restaurant on Main Street.