11.  Sattar implied that the United States, with its heavy bombing in major Afghan cities, had underestimated the Taliban.

12.  Some have gone to other Afghan cities, others across the border.

13.  Taliban officials in some Afghan cities have returned a few confiscated buildings and some supplies.

14.  The Afghan proxies turned out to be eager allies when they evicted the Taliban from Afghan cities and installed themselves in power.

15.  The envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, reiterated White House opposition to expanding the international security force from Kabul to other Afghan cities.

16.  The fears of the British left that a vengeful America would carpet-bomb Afghan cities without regard to civilians has proved wrong.

17.  The most serious demonstrations were in Quetta, which is the nearest city in Pakistan to Kandahar, the Afghan city that gave rise to the Taliban movement.

18.  The roads to Kandahar, Jalalabad and other Afghan cities are controlled by bandits who have killed travelers and cut the flow of aid.

19.  The State Department favors enlarging the security force so it can operate in other Afghan cities.

20.  The US military took special care not to harm innocent civilians in the bombing raids on Afghan cities and other Taliban redoubts.