81.   The four men killed were believed to be members of a notorious drug gang operating in Karachi and the western province of Baluchistan near the Iranian border.

82.   The Foreign Ministry said Thursday that it is concerned about reports that the Taliban forces in Afghanistan have deployed long-range missiles along the Iranian border.

83.   The KDP now controls virtually the whole of northern Iraq, with the remnants of the PUK backed into small enclaves or refugee camps abutting the Iranian border.

84.   The Islamic militants were captured after police spotted them in a car at a checkpoint after they crossed the Iranian border.

85.   The latest salvos blasted the outskirts of Herat, near the Iranian border.

86.   The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party have been reporting battles since Friday near the northeast Iranian border.

87.   The Mujahideen Khalq, which opposes the Islamic government in Iran, operates about a dozen military camps in Iraq, most of them close to the Iranian border.

88.   The nephews were later released at the Iranian border.

89.   The ones most reluctant to return appeared to be those with strong ties to the PUK, whose leaders fled toward the Iranian border.

90.   The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party have reportedly been battling since Friday near the northeast Iranian border.