1.  After the assassination, all sides agreed to withdraw at least nine miles from their frontline positions.

2.  Opposition commanders say troops loyal to the Taliban regime have shifted to frontline positions from targets bombed by the United States.

3.  The bombing of frontline Taliban positions near Kabul, the Afghan capital, has been largely avoided pending agreement on what sort of government might replace the Taliban.

4.  It is far from frontline positions and is relatively stable, although tribal militia still make travel into the interior risky.

5.  Jet fighters belonging to northern warlord Rashid Dostum bombarded Charikar as ground troops tried to push Taliban forces out of their frontline positions.

6.  Mount Igman is a frontline position for Bosnian Serbs and the Sarajevo government, and a tenuous government-held road to suburbs near the airport crosses it.

7.  We also hope to deliver Serb frontline positions shot before the fighting broke out.

8.  Government forces established frontline positions near the guerrilla base at Phum Khla Ngoap but further progress was hampered by minefields and guerrilla shelling, Ly Veera said.

9.  Intense artillery battles have raged for two days on frontline positions round Sarajevo.

10.  After capturing the previous Taliban frontline positions at the Nimroz province district centre of Dilaram Wednesday, the pro-Rabbani troops made a lightning charge eastwards to Gereshk.