1.   A Taliban-issued edict forbids Afghan nationals on staffs of international relief agencies to communicate with the outside world.

2.   Since then, no Afghan nationals have been permitted to participate in Christian worship.

3.   Pakistan has also offered training of Afghan nationals in banking, diplomacy and telecommunication, officials said.

4.   Pakistan has denied the accusation, but says that many of those fighting in Afghanistan are Afghan nationals who have been studying at religious schools in Pakistan.

5.   Police have been detaining scores of residents from Arab countries, as well as Afghan nationals.

6.   Accounts of the battle came from Afghan nationals working for the United Nations in the area, said Rudy Rodrigues, head of UNICEF in neighboring Uzbekistan.

7.   Aid workers, especially Afghan nationals, have faced increasing obstacles from the Taliban in carrying out relief operations, he said.

8.   Aude allegedly bought the opium from an Afghan national, an official said on condition of anonymity.

9.   Earlier this month, the bodies of two kidnapped U.N. workers, Afghan nationals, were found near the eastern city of Jalalabad.

10.   Earlier this month in Afghanistan, the bodies of two kidnapped Afghan nationals working for the United Nations were found near the eastern city of Jalalabad.