21.  So the Pentagon relied on the Afghan opposition, its own special operations forces and airstrikes to carry the day.

22.  The attacks appear aimed at helping Afghan opposition forces advance.

23.  The ethnic base of the Afghan opposition needs to be broadened through the recruitment of credible leaders from these southern areas where the Pashtun ethnic group predominates.

24.  The main source of armed and organized Afghan opposition to the Taliban is the so-called Northern Alliance, also called the United Front.

25.  The mood was positive Tuesday, said the American special envoy to the Afghan opposition, James F. Dobbins.

26.  The personnel were helping Afghan opposition leaders suppress a prison rebellion in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif by directing air strikes.

27.  The president of the Afghan opposition, Burhanuddin Rabbani, went to Bubendorf a year earlier.

28.  The personnel were helping Afghan opposition leaders put down a prison rebellion in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif by directing air strikes.

29.  The Taliban announced it had captured a top leader of the Afghan opposition on Friday, the Afghan Islamic Press reported in Islamabad, Pakistan.

30.  The Taliban were the ruling government in Afghanistan until U.S. airstrikes propelled Afghan opposition ground forces to victory.