1.   He also is suspected, under the guise of attacking Al Qaeda members, of calling in US airstrikes on rivals in neighboring Khost province.

2.   Omar is reported to be in the high wooded mountains of neighboring Helmand province, around the town of Bagran, he said.

3.   Operation Anaconda, the largest ground operation of the war, was centered in neighboring Paktia province.

4.   The Marines headed west of Kandahar, the former Taliban stronghold, into neighboring Helmand province, which has become the focus of U.S. military activity in recent days.

5.   A top Albanian official warned Thursday that Serb forces may cross into Albania from neighboring Kosovo province to pursue their offensive against militant rebels.

6.   Another potential sanctuary would be Islam Dara, a heavily fortified warren of caves dug deep into a mountainside in neighboring Helmand province.

7.   Another church source, Father Miguel Botachim, told the radio that UNITA and government forces were clashing in neighboring Uige province.

8.   Berisha has openly supported ethnic Albanian rebels fighting for independence in neighboring Kosovo province in the Yugoslav republic of Serbia.

9.   By controlling Kunduz and part of neighboring Baghlan province, the Taliban can threaten opposition strongholds in nearby Takhar province.

10.   Camp Abubakar, the main MILF stronghold, is in neighboring Maguindanao province.