31.   A British reconnaissance team would travel to eastern Zaire on Thursday to assess the situation.

32.   A British military reconnaissance team was expected in Kabul to help prepare for the deployment of the UN force, whose advance units could fly in within days.

33.   A small British military reconnaissance team is due to fly out to Kabul for an early scouting mission this weekend to lay the groundwork for deployment.

34.   A small British military reconnaissance team is due to fly out to Kabul for an early scouting mission this weekend to lay the groundwork.

35.   The reconnaissance team is due to meet key Afghan figures, including new interim leader Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah and Fahim.

36.   The US trio were a splinter group from the main nine-man reconnaissance team which arrived in northeast Bosnia on Wednesday.

37.   The troops were stranded after two helicopters that were inserting US reconnaissance teams into a contested area south of Gardez were downed by enemy fire.

38.   The two dozen members of that reconnaissance team were then forced to wait several more hours before being allowed to deploy themselves on the ground.

39.   Major General John McColl, who led a reconnaissance team to Kabul last weekend, will lead the force during the British period in the saddle.

40.   Major Brett Boudreau said a reconnaissance team had been sent to the area, near the town of Bihac, to start an enquiry.