31.   Troops from Pakistan remain unwelcome in Afghanistan, despite repeated appeals by Karzai for international military assistance to quell uneasy relations between tribal factions.

32.   Uneasy relations between the religions have erupted into violence in the past weeks leaving several dead and dozens wounded in the Philippines, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

33.   Outward appearances do not betray the uneasy relations between the two.

34.   Talks between an Iranian delegation and Afghan Taliban leaders this week failed to improve the uneasy relations between Tehran and the Islamic militia, a Taliban spokesman said Saturday.