61.  They were said to have entered Pakistan from Tora Bora and Afghan cities in recent weeks.

62.  Thousands of other Hindus live in other Afghan cities, but there are no reliable figures on exactly how many.

63.  Under siege by warring factions, residents sought refuge inside their homes Wednesday while relentless thuds of artillery and machine guns shook this northern Afghan city.

64.  Waves of U.S. warplanes pounded the southern Afghan city, which Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has vowed to defend to the death.

65.  Waves of U.S. warplanes pound the southern Afghan city, which Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has vowed to defend to the death.

66.  With international peacekeeping forces deployed in major Afghan cities, many Afghans hope that these developments will ensure durable peace and stability in their battered country.

67.  He said Karzai wanted the ISAF to be deployed in at least five major Afghan cities so that people living under different local warlords could feel safe.

68.  But they ran into problems earlier this week after returning to the southwestern Afghan city from neighbouring Pakistan.

69.  The Taliban have seized control of five major Afghan cities, including the Afghan capital Kabul, which they overran last Friday.

70.  US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flew into this strategic western Afghan city late Saturday for talks with a powerful Afghan warlord.