81.   Some refugees said Zairian Tutsi rebel soldiers had gone to find them in the forest and encouraged them to go home.

82.   Some refugees said they were happy to be going home, but others admitted they were frightened that they would be arrested or killed once they reached Rwanda.

83.   Some refugees said they feared they would be worse off living in the camps, with their often crowded conditions and disease, than if they returned to Goma.

84.   Still, the refugees said the terrifying Russian bombardment had persuaded them to take their chances on the road.

85.   The following day, Tuesday, two adjacent villages five miles southeast of Urosevac were attacked by paramilitaries, the refugees said.

86.   The foreign fighters are apparently so distrustful of local Taliban soldiers that they are barring their entrance to many areas across the city, the refugees said.

87.   The initial airstrikes hit military targets with a precision that refugees said Sunday was somehow reassuring.

88.   The foreigners often travel with translators, the refugees said, and have beaten and arrested hundreds of Kunduz residents in the last week.

89.   The most brutal attack occurred in the village of Poklek in late April, the refugees said.

90.   The militant leaders were the main reason why the overwhelming majority of refugees did not return home, refugees said.