31.   Star rugby league winger Sailor and fit-again Ben Tune form a devastating attacking force for Queensland, who have to do without retired Wallaby skipper John Eales.

32.   The Afghan winter snows are now beginning to melt and the warmer months ahead will be beneficial to any attacking force, they added.

33.   The attacking force should normally have been six times bigger than the defending force, he said.

34.   The attacking force was led by Tiger suicide squads, the sources said.

35.   The central Afghan provincial capital of Bamian fell to the attacking forces of mujahedeen factions loyal to President Burhanuddin Rabbani Tuesday, a Defence Ministry official here said.