51.   Radio Kabul also quoted unidentified Taliban officials as saying that Taliban forces pushed back opposition troops Wednesday in Razi district of Badghis province in northwestern Afghanistan.

52.   Taliban soldiers said opposition troops launched a massive assault near Pul-e-Sufian, north of Kabul.

53.   Soldiers loyal to coup leader Hun Sen were pushing opposition troops toward their last major stronghold near the Thai border as heavy fighting raged in northwestern Cambodia Saturday.

54.   Taliban fighters responded to the barrage by firing surface-to-air guns at the American warplanes and rockets and mortars at opposition troops.

55.   Taliban soldiers trying to retake a key city waged a blistering rocket duel Friday with opposition troops north of the Afghan capital.

56.   The attack on Dar-e-Suf in Samangan province was an apparent retaliation for an ambush by opposition troops overnight, Usttad Atta Mohammed said.

57.   The capture of Mazar-e-Sharif provided a land bridge for the distribution of aid in the north, as well as the resupply of opposition troops.

58.   The city is under siege by opposition northern alliance troops.

59.   The fourth day of fighting created chaos in the city, with armed opposition troops ransacking offices and homes again Friday, the workers said.

60.   The government said its forces were trying to prevent the opposition troops from withdrawing to the south, where other rebel units are based.