11.  Mahmood returned to the Pakistani capital on Sunday to lead what is expected to be a two-person delegation to the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar.

12.  Officials in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, said that Ms. Bhutto was under house arrest or tight military surveillance in her official residence.

13.  The arrests were made in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, and in northwestern Peshawar, which borders Afghanistan.

14.  The first such meeting will take place next week in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.

15.  The five were flown from an undisclosed location in Afghanistan to a air base outside the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, where they were met by Iranian Embassy officials.

16.  The Pakistani capital, Islamabad, is the regional base for international organizations working in Afghanistan.

17.  There was no immediate comment from French officials in the Pakistani capital.

18.  Two senior UN envoys for Afghanistan were expected in the Pakistani capital to discuss the shape of a future government.

19.  Yousef was arrested in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, in February.

20.  Only a few scattered groups of Tajik refugees are believed to remain in Afghanistan, said the statement, released in the Pakistani capital Islamabad.