1.   Although US forces have spotters on the ground, their lack of familiarity with the terrain has caused them to accidentally mistake allied Afghan forces for targets.

2.   And Iran opposes the Taliban, supporting other Afghan forces that still hold the capital, Kabul.

3.   At an earlier news conference, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said U.S.-allied Afghan forces also had suffered casualties.

4.   A commander of American naval forces in the Arabian Sea said planes from the aircraft carriers there had supported the advancing Afghan forces.

5.   Afghan forces are also the ones who know this multi-ethnic country and its difficult terrain the best.

6.   Afghan forces have also begun to bury some of those killed, he said.

7.   Afghan tribal forces gave an ultimatum to al-Qaida fighters barricaded in the high mountains here to surrender Wednesday morning or die.

8.   Afghan forces launched a major offensive Monday, followed by another all-out attack Tuesday that lasted about two hours.

9.   Afghan forces, the Americans reasoned, were also the ones who knew the multiethnic country and its rugged terrain best.

10.   Bush was also referring to the use of CIA officers and Special Operations forces early in the war to help Afghan forces on the ground.