1. Afghanistan: Current Situation
Kunduz, the Taliban's last northern stronghold, fell to the Northern Alliance forces raising concerns about the fate of Taliban forces. The Northern Alliance president Burhanuddin Rabbani, however, has asked his militia not to kill surrendering foreign pro-Taliban fighters. Meanwhile, hundreds of foreign fighters captured in the siege of Kunduz were killed in a prison riot.
"Kunduz falls to Alliance"
"Northern Alliance told to prevent human disaster"
"Seven hundred killed in Mazar jail uprising"
"Foreign fighters to be protected: Rabbani"
A report in the Pakistani daily The News suggests that tensions between the Uzbek warlord Abdul Rasheed Dostum and the Tajik commander Mohammad Daud - both part of the Northern Alliance - may have delayed the capture of Kunduz.
"Uzbek-Tajik tussle delayed Kunduz solution"
Former Afghan commanders and tribal elders belonging to six Pashtun populated provinces of Afghanistan have sent a delegation to the Taliban leaders in Kandahar asking for "surrender and hand over of power" to the tribal elders.
"Tribal elders to hold talks with Taliban: Peaceful transfer of power in Kandahar"
According to unconfirmed reports, the Northern Alliance President Burhanuddin Rabbani has gone off to Dubai on a secret mission.
"Rabbani for Dubai on secret mission"
Writing for the Pakistani daily The News, Pakistani journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai remembers the journalists recently killed in Afghanistan.
"Remembering colleagues killed in line of duty"