41.   Powell cited widespread hostility to the anti-Taliban northern alliance as a reason to deter the opposition fighters from taking over.

42.   A former diplomat and Taliban municipal official was elected mayor of Herat Wednesday, less than a month after the northern alliance seized this western city from Taliban forces.

43.   A day after the northern alliance moved in to Kabul, Humaira reopened for business.

44.   A few hundred Special Forces in Afghanistan have worked extensively with the northern alliance troops opposing the Taliban.

45.   A former ally of the Taliban, Pakistan opposes a dominant role for the northern alliance in a new Afghan government.

46.   A key northern alliance commander, Rashid Dostum, said Friday he expected Kunduz to surrender by the end of the weekend.

47.   A northern alliance commander said the Taliban launched their attack before getting word of the surrender agreement.

48.   A northern alliance official denied the reports of executions and instability.

49.   A northern alliance commander predicted a speedy surrender agreement.

50.   A northern alliance intelligence officer, Motavar, complained that the attacks were not over a wide enough area.