31.   During the Afghan resistance against the former Soviet Union, Hekmatyar was the key recipient of U.S. weapons and financial aid.

32.   In addition to U.S. forces, Rumsfeld spoke Friday of the potential for enlisting the help of the Northern Alliance, the main Afghan resistance group opposing the Taliban.

33.   It was obtained by the AP from a former Afghan resistance fighter, who got it from a disaffected al-Qaida member in Afghanistan.

34.   It was obtained by AP from a former Afghan resistance fighter, who got it from a disaffected al-Qaida member in Afghanistan.

35.   Money for upkeep remained low, however, even after Afghan resistance fighters ousted the Soviets a decade later.

36.   The Afghan resistance parties, Haq said, each acted as mini-governments with their own prime ministers, ministers and armies.

37.   The two are locally prominent former commanders of Afghan resistance forces in the war against Soviet invaders and are not members of the Taliban.

38.   The United Nations investigated claims that Soviet forces used chemical weapons against Afghan resistance fighters, but the U.N. results were inconclusive.

39.   The United States and its allies secretly armed and trained Afghan resistance fighters.

40.   The United States supplied massive quantities of money and weapons to the Afghan resistance groups that were training the militants.