21.   Arafat has been consulting with opposition factions in hopes of bringing them into the government.

22.   As expected, the opposition faction is in two minds.

23.   But militants of two small opposition factions attended in paramilitary uniforms in a show of solidarity with the mourners.

24.   Earlier this month, several opposition factions met in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad to examine the proposed treaty between Rabbani and Hekmatyar.

25.   Four years later, fighting continues in the north, where an opposition faction still controls a sliver of the country.

26.   He claimed that the Chat Pattana Party, also in the opposition faction, supports his idea.

27.   His Jamiat is the only opposition faction providing heavy resistance to the Taliban.

28.   In parliament, the right-wing opposition faction Moledet submitted a motion of no-confidence in the government over the emerging Hebron agreement.

29.   In parliament, the right-wing opposition faction Moledet submitted a motion of non-confidence in the government over the emerging Hebron agreement.

30.   In Peshawar, along the Afghan border, officials from several key opposition factions met to discuss a coordinated attack against Rabbani and his defense force.