1.   A spokesman for northern alliance delegate Mohammad Hussin Natiqi said leaders in Kabul had failed to grasp the international focus on the talks in Germany.

2.   But northern alliance chief delegate Younus Qanooni said Afghans had learned from the past.

3.   Haji Ali Mirzai, an adviser to northern alliance delegate Mohammad Natiqi, confirmed the account.

4.   He said alliance delegates had been pressured into agreeing to things that he found unacceptable.

5.   He still enjoys broad support among northern alliance delegates and, some say, could mount an effort to be named head of state.

6.   It was a new sign of a rift between Rabbani and northern alliance delegates in Germany.

7.   The fate of the talks, now in their fifth day, appeared to hinge on whether northern alliance delegates could convince Rabbani to give in.

8.   The fate of the talks appeared to hinge on whether northern alliance delegates could convince Rabbani to give in.

9.   At the congress, the alliance delegates voted through motions formally opposing racism and anti-semitism.