41.   There are security checkpoints at every entrance.

42.   There were many checkpoints run by the Taliban, who were afraid and nervous.

43.   There are checkpoints every few miles on the road to acceptance, and the detail work rivals anything your local FBI could muster.

44.   They make sure there are periodic checkpoints, that people are on board.

45.   This checkpoint was no more like the Detroit-Canadian border stop than Frisbees are like space shuttles.

46.   To Israel, the checkpoints are a necessary security measure, given the squads of suicide bombers that radical Islamic groups say are poised to attack Israeli cities.

47.   Travelers from Kandahar interviewed at the border said that there was one checkpoint on the road near the airport but that it was easy to pass.

48.   Police checkpoints are common at city limits and along the roads that snake through the cotton fields and desert hills of the countryside.

49.   A farmer from Spinboldak, Ghoar Noorzai, said there were few Taliban soldiers in the streets and their main checkpoint was vacant Tuesday.

50.   And in Spinboldak itself, few Taliban soldiers patrolled the streets and their main checkpoint was vacant Tuesday, according to a local farmer Ghoar Noorzai.