1.   Police in eastern Punjab have set up scores of check posts across the province to combat a growing wave of religiously motivated violence, officials said Tuesday.

2.   Another tribal leader, Hazrat Gul, said a stray bomb dropped by U.S. planes late Tuesday badly damaged a Pakistani check post at Miran Shah.

3.   Check posts had been abandoned, key government installations deserted.

4.   Fearing enemy subversion in Kabul, Taliban police have set up check posts at entry points to the city.

5.   Habidullah refused to let reporters beyond the Taliban check post well south of Baghram, which made it impossible to corroborate his claim.

6.   Near the check post, a Taliban soldier fired his assault rifle at a man fleeing with food into the war zone.

7.   Officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the two air force guards were manning a check post on the road leading to the headquarters.

8.   On Wednesday, bulldozers cleared dirt and rocks around the new Tarkumiya check post.

9.   Police this week set up scores of check posts across the province to patrol violence-wracked areas and stop all men traveling on motorcycles.

10.   Sand bags stacked around the check post were splattered with blood.