1.   Fleeing Taliban fighters backed out of a deal to hand in weapons to another opposition tribal leader, Karzai said from a desert base outside the southern city.

2.   Franks said Friday that Marines attacked fleeing Taliban fighters from the air and ground around Kandahar, but he offered few details.

3.   Franks said Marines attacked fleeing Taliban fighters from the air and ground around Kandahar, but he offered few details.

4.   He and Ali said their forces were pursuing the fleeing fighters.

5.   He and the other top eastern alliance commander, Hazrat Ali, said their forces were pursuing the fleeing fighters.

6.   In the south, Marines are patrolling roads to intercept any fleeing fighters.

7.   On Friday, Army Gen. Tommy Franks, head of U.S. Central Command, said U.S. Marines attacked fleeing Taliban fighters from the air and ground around the city.

8.   That could indicate the Americans were attacking fleeing fighters.

9.   They have killed some fleeing fighters, but captured none, the Pentagon said.

10.   Troops on horses and mules have been seen moving to centuries-old caves to tighten the noose on fleeing fighters.