1.   President Burhanuddin Rabbani has repeatedly accused Pakistan of aiding and fighting alongside opposition gunmen from the Islamic student-led Taliban militia.

2.   Government forces claimed Wednesday to have stopped short advancing opposition Taliban gunmen who had marched to the outskirts of the Afghan capital.

3.   Opposition gunmen with automatic rifles, machine-guns and grenade launchers attacked an armored personnel carrier belonging to a special unit of the Tajik Interior Ministry troops.

4.   Opposition gunmen shot and killed a regional security chief and wounded other security officers in a car ambush, a news agency reported Friday.

5.   Rockets launched by opposition gunmen pounded the Afghan capital early Thursday as rebel fighters battled government troops positioned around the beleaguered city.

6.   Rockets launched by rebels pounded the Afghan capital early Thursday and opposition gunmen battled government troops on the perimeter of the beleaguered city.

7.   That signalled the start of a general uprising, during which opposition gunmen quickly overran state television, parliament and other major buildings.