41.   Its capture removed the last pocket of resistance in the west by pro-Rabbani troops, observers said.

42.   Karzai publicly says the United States must continue its bombings until the last pockets of al-Qaeda and Taliban support are wiped out.

43.   Khalilzad said the US bombing campaign would continue until the last pockets of al-Qaeda and Taliban resistance in Afghanistan have been wiped out.

44.   Karzai publicly says the US must continue its bombings until the last pockets of al-Qaeda and Taliban support are wiped out.

45.   Karzai publicly says the US must continue its bombings until the last pockets of al-Qaeda and their former hosts the Taliban are wiped out.

46.   On Friday Habeel had said the last pockets of al-Qaeda resistance should be crushed within three to four days.

47.   The artillery barrage continued into Wednesday morning as the Russian commanders appeared determined to crush the last pockets of Chechen resistance in the capital of Chechnya.