31. The anti-Taliban alliance is led by Massood and Rabbani and has been within rocket range of the capital for more than one year. 32. The besieged government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani has been threatening for weeks to push their Taliban rivals out of rocket range of the capital. 33. The aim is to push them to beyond rocket range of the city. 34. The Australian Space Office would like to revive an old rocket range in the southern Australian desert for launching light-weight satellites. 35. The Israeli army urged the northern population within rocket range to remain in shelters. 36. The gains put the opposition alliance, led by former military chief Ahmed shah Massood and Uzbek warrior, Malik Pahlawan, within rocket range of the capital. 37. The loss of Baghram and Charikar, if verified, would put the opposition within easy rocket range of the capital. 38. The Taliban has vowed to push its opponents out of rocket range of Kabul. 39. Traffic heading south was heavy as some northerners opted to flee out of rocket range rather than spend a night in shelters. 40. With troops at Mir Bacha Kot, former government soldiers are within rocket range of Kabul. |