41.   These Afghan fighters had no uniforms or helmets, no backpacks or boots.

42.   They say fighters have big egos.

43.   Would the older fighter have one more great performance in him?

44.   About a half-dozen amateur fighters have worn helmets fitted with the accelerometer during sparring.

45.   Afghan fighters have decades of guerrilla war experience but Afghan forces are divided between local warlords and tribal commanders.

46.   Although Rabbani controls the Afghan capital of Kabul, Taliban fighters have the city surrounded and occasionally lob rockets into the city center, often killing several people.

47.   Both fighters came and out and threw a flurry of punches, but neither fighter had the other in trouble during several spirited exchanges.

48.   But he said opposition fighters must have U.S. air support to advance.

49.   Commander Amil Shah said escape routes into Pakistan to the east were snowed in, and the al-Qaida fighters had nowhere to run.

50.   Co-trainer Lou Duva said he thought his fighter had a seizure or anxiety attack.