101.  President George W. Bush prepared to address the nation Sunday, the White House said shortly after explosions and anti-aircraft fire were heard in the Afghan capital.

102.  Pro-government forces repelled an onslaught of rebel gunmen trying to attack a village near the Afghan capital Thursday, a government spokesman said.

103.  Rabbani lives in virtual seclusion in the Afghan capital and is seldom seen in public.

104.  Plumes of smoke rose from rocky hills on Saturday as two rival factions fought for control of an area just west of the Afghan capital of Kabul.

105.  Rebel jets bombed a suburb west of the Afghan capital Wednesday as part of an ongoing push against government positions near the city.

106.  Rebels claimed Wednesday to have entered the Afghan capital after routing soldiers on its eastern edge.

107.  Rebels launched a new assault to capture the Afghan capital on Saturday after rejecting a U.N. peace plan.

108.  A black truck rumbles through the rocket-ruined streets of the Afghan capital, the hulking anti-aircraft gun it carries sheathed in a black tarpaulin.

109.  A bomb exploded in the heart of the beleaguered Afghan capital early Wednesday, said members of the ruling Taliban militia.

110.  A bomb exploded outside a government building in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Saturday, wounding four people, witnesses said.