1.   One soldier was wounded in the fighting that took place as soldiers raided a house where three rebels had been waiting for its owner, he said.

2.   Iran said Tuesday it would not allow Afghans fleeing the fighting to take refuge within its borders, the official IRNA news agency said.

3.   Iranian officials said Tuesday it would not allow Afghans fleeing the fighting to take refuge within its borders, the official IRNA news agency said.

4.   The zoo has been mostly destroyed due the intense factional fighting that took place here in the years preceeding the Taliban takeover of Kabul four days ago.