51.   Taliban fighter jets pounded a district held by opposition fighters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, an opposition spokesman said.

52.   Taliban fighter jets pounded the central Afghan province of Bamiyan on Saturday as minority Shiite Muslims tried to repel advancing Taliban troops, opposition sources said.

53.   Taliban jets pounded opposition positions north of the beleaguered capital at sunrise on Monday, opposition fighters said.

54.   Survivors claimed that Russian jets pounded the town Thursday morning in an attempt to strike at Islamic rebels from neighboring Tajikistan.

55.   Taliban fighter jets pounded opposition positions Saturday in central Bamiyan province to try to recapture the provincial capital, an opposition spokesman said.

56.   The alliance seized the upper hand after U.S. and British jets pounded Taliban front lines, allowing its fighters to take control of most of Afghanistan.

57.   The Monday air strikes sent terrified residents scurrying for shelter, as U.S. jets pounded suspected weapons storage sites in Kabul and across the country.

58.   The press briefing came after U.S. jets pounded the Afghan capital Kabul Wednesday night and early Thursday in the biggest attack since military strikes began Sunday.

59.   The warning came Thursday after NATO jets pounded Belgrade and its suburbs and hit a hospital, killing three people.

60.   U.S. jets pounded Taliban positions Monday near front lines outside the Afghan capital and a key northern city, the Taliban said.