61.   The main item on the negotiating agenda is establishing a committee of religious scholars who would control a united Afghanistan and steer it toward national elections.

62.   The problem has been the selection of religious scholars.

63.   The revolution is the work of Hassan Turabi, a figure more brilliant as a politician than as a religious scholar.

64.   The Taliban wants the proposed governing commission of religious scholars to end the road blockades.

65.   The Taliban want to discuss the makeup of a committee of religious scholars, which both sides agree will take over the running of Afghanistan.

66.   The stumbling block has been that neither side can agree on who is as a religious scholar.

67.   The Taliban wants a proposed governing commission of religious scholars to end the road blockades and has called for the body to be set up immediately.

68.   The Taliban say they also want to cover the makeup of a committee of religious scholars that both sides have agreed will take over running Afghanistan.

69.   The Taliban wants the proposed governing commission of religious scholars to end the road blockades, and wants the commission to be set up soon to do so.

70.   They also were honing a breakthrough agreement reached Wednesday that would establish a governing commission of religious scholars.