1.   Although the Taliban has surrendered in its northern strongholds of Taloqan and Kunduz, its former fighters have not been disarmed.

2.   And, in a city still bursting with gun-toting men, how does one distinguish former Taliban fighters from their former enemies?

3.   Bernard Yoh, a lecturer on psychological warfare and a former underground fighter in China and Vietnam, died on Monday at a nursing home in Bethesda, Md.

4.   A former Palestinian fighter and prisoner in Israeli jails, Abu Shalbak now runs a business and drives a Mercedes.

5.   A former anti-apartheid fighter testified Monday that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had an activist killed in a feud over control of his guerrilla unit.

6.   Cosic, a former Partisan fighter and a popular novelist of Serbian history, sees Kosovo as lost to Serbia.

7.   Former Afghan fighters and refugees tell us.

8.   Former fighters sit in the offices and run the city.

9.   Former Viet Cong fighters are conducting tours to battle sites at Khe Sanh, the Ho Chi Minh Trail and others.

10.   Former fighters know more about the game, but no one can provide the perspective Merchant does.