61.  Both are being backed by Afghan forces and U.S. special operations troops, as well as by U.S. air support.

62.  But many were killed in U.S. bombing or captured by Afghan forces opposed to the Taliban.

63.  Campbell will be in the country for a week and is expected to submit a report to the U.S. Defense Department outlining plans to train an integrated Afghan force.

64.  Commanders of the Afghan forces say they believe they have bin Laden trapped in a cave in the snowy, rugged mountains.

65.  Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the Afghan forces were making remarkably quick progress against al-Qaida fighters in two parallel valleys near Tora Bora.

66.  Eight al-Qaida fighters battled Afghan tribal forces Monday at a hospital in the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar.

67.  Even putting an Afghan military force in place could take months, while efforts to develop a police force have made little headway.

68.  Faced with overwhelming firepower, Afghan forces would break up into small groups and slip away while Soviet planes, tanks and artillery pounded empty positions.

69.  Faced with overwhelming Soviet firepower, Afghan forces would break up into small groups and slip away while Soviet planes, tanks and artillery pounded empty positions.

70.  Four former chiefs of defense staff have warned Prime Minister Tony Blair that British plans to lead an Afghan peacekeeping force could make the military vulnerable elsewhere.