1.  On Monday, as Taliban troops fled Kabul ahead of the advancing opposition, a Taliban soldier rushed into the prison and ordered them to go with him.

2.  On Monday, as Taliban troops fled Kabul ahead of the advancing opposition, a Taliban soldier rushed into the prison and ordered them to come with him.

3.  Anti-aircraft guns and multiple rocket launchers rattled the front line north of Kabul on Saturday as Taliban soldiers tried to halt advancing opposition troops.

4.  Government forces claimed Wednesday to have stopped short advancing opposition Taliban gunmen who had marched to the outskirts of the Afghan capital.

5.  Taliban forces battled advancing opposition fighters outside the key city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Wednesday, fighting to keep control of the northern base.

6.  Taliban officials forced eight foreign aid workers to go with them as they fled Kabul early Tuesday ahead of advancing opposition forces, a jail guard said.