1.   And the Taliban had to scrub a planned visit by foreign journalists to its Southern stronghold of Kandahar saying it was too dangerous.

2.   As they hunkered down in and around Kandahar, their southern stronghold, there were questions about how much longer they would be able to hold on.

3.   As he took to the podium, speaking just as Le Pen addressed his followers in the southern stronghold of Marseille, Chirac took up the theme.

4.   At a news conference here Friday, Abdullah said that Taliban commanders have abandoned their headquarters in their southern stronghold of Kandahar.

5.   A Southern Democratic stronghold for decades after the Civil War, Virginia today is a Republican stronghold.

6.   All of a sudden, Taliban forces collapsed, giving up Kabul and retreating toward Kandahar, their traditional southern stronghold.

7.   But now that the Taliban have left their southern stronghold, those who were enemies are friends.

8.   Chinaberries are almost a thing of the past even in their Southern stronghold because most of the old hedgerows and ditches where they flourished are gone now.

9.   He may well lose those Southern strongholds no matter what he does, however.

10.   Meanwhile, talks began in Germany to cobble together a new government for war-ravaged Afghanistan as Taliban dominance of their southern stronghold appeared to be crumbling.