21.  Several more people where injured when the rockets pounded Shar-e-Now neighborhood of Kabul, a congested part of the beleaguered city.

22.  Rockets launched by rebels pounded the Afghan capital early Thursday and opposition gunmen battled government troops on the perimeter of the beleaguered city.

23.  They arrived at the doorstep of the beleaguered city last Thursday.

24.  Religious police have intensified operations here in recent weeks, patrolling the beleaguered city in four-wheel drive vehicles packed with purist militiamen.