21.  The area is important because it straddles the only major supply road leading north to the border with the central Asian nations.

22.  Thailand has long been considered a major supply route in heroin.

23.  The airports are a major supply route for towns the rebels have seized in their seven-month battle to unseat Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko.

24.  The Clinton administration is determined to have the new rapid-response force keep open Mount Igman, a major supply route to Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital.

25.  The report could not be independently verified but if true would be a significant blow to the Taliban because the route is a major supply line.

26.  The Taliban now hold the major supply route into Kabul from Pakistan, and are within striking distance of Sarobi, the site of a major power plant.

27.  The town, near the Uganda border, was on a major supply route for the rebels.

28.  With Jalalabad, the Taliban control the major supply route into Kabul from Pakistan.

29.  Bosnian forces northwest of Sarajevo are attempting to gain control of the road between Tuzla and the Adriatic coast, a major strategic supply route.

30.  The Tuzla road also extends south from Sarajevo to the Adriatic coast and is a major supply route.