41.   Most of the rebels withdrew to jungle towns on the mainland when the military captured Jaffna city, the rebel capital, in December.

42.   Second-largest city is captured.

43.   Taliban fighters launched a major offensive Saturday to try to capture a city that straddles the only highway linking the beleaguered Afghan capital to northern Afghanistan.

44.   Soldiers, who recently attacked Jaffna city and are fighting street-by-street battles, are expected to capture the city soon.

45.   The Allied Fifth Army battled for nine months up the Italian peninsula to capture the city.

46.   That city was captured by insurgents forces just days ago.

47.   The city was captured by rebels in recent days.

48.   The Iranian news agency IRNA reported the Taliban had captured the city.

49.   The former leader arrived four days after troops from his Jamiat-e-Islami, the largest faction in the northern alliance, captured the city.

50.   The government minted three stamps for the occasion, one symbolizing each millennium since King David captured the city.