31.   American troops will stay indefinitely in Afghanistan as local power struggles and remaining al-Qaida fighters make it impossible to set a withdrawal deadline, defense officials say.

32.   Apart from their march into the territory hours after the handover, the troops have since stayed largely out of sight.

33.   Asked whether some foreign troops might stay longer to prevent a renewal of fighting, Ruehe said that possibility could not be discussed until after the Bosnian election.

34.   Australian troops will stay in the Gulf.

35.   Australian troops will stay in Kuwait until United Nations inspectors visit alleged Iraqi weapons sites, Prime Minister John Howard said Monday.

36.   Bush has ruled out participation by American troops in the force, although Washington says its troops will stay in Afghanistan hunting al-Qaida and Taliban fugitives.

37.   Ciller reiterated that troops would stay in Iraq until they have accomplished their mission.

38.   Ciller told the daily Milliyet in an interview on Monday the troops would stay in northern Iraq until accomplishing their mission.

39.   Ciller reiterated to the daily Milliyet in an interview on Monday that the troops would stay in northern Iraq until accomplishing their mission.

40.   Congolese government troops also were staying away from Pweto, he said.