61.   Rabbani troops prepare for tank attack in southwest Kabul.

62.   State television showed troops preparing for a counter-offensive to recapture Kurmuk, Qeissen and other areas, which the government has accused Ethiopia of seizing.

63.   Sudanese government troops are preparing a massive counter-offensive against opposition rebels which have seized a swathe of territory in eastern Sudan.

64.   Taliban troops were preparing to launch a house-to-house search of the newly captured towns to neutralize the possibility of local uprisings by ex-government loyalists, they added.