21.   Pakistan fears a loss of influence in a volatile neighboring country if the northern alliance, which is backed by Russia, takes power.

22.   Pakistan has offered to provide security for U.N. aid workers inside border areas of Afghanistan, but that is viewed with suspicion by the northern alliance.

23.   Others were rounded up in October and November as the northern alliance pushed toward Kabul.

24.   Pakistan has granted the Americans use of airspace and selected bases and Turkey offered to send special forces to train the northern alliance.

25.   Pakistan, especially, does not want power to fall to the northern alliance and its sensitivities are being considered.

26.   Others were rounded up in October and November as the northern alliance pressed its way toward Kabul.

27.   Pakistan called Tuesday for the demilitarization of the Afghan capital Kabul, which was captured by the northern alliance, a movement long at odds with the Pakistanis.

28.   Pakistan had long supported the Taliban and opposes any effort to install the northern alliance, saying it would lack popular support in Afghanistan.

29.   Pakistan has long had hostile relations with the northern alliance.

30.   Pakistan has uneasy relations with the northern alliance because of its past support for the Taliban.