Yandiyev had chaired trials of both Islamic rebels and corrupt officials.

It also approved a draft amnesty law for Islamic rebels, the first tangible move to try to end the violence.

The aim of the strikes there seemed to be to destroy Islamic rebels fleeing the town.

Islamic rebels from the nearby southern Philippines claimed responsibility for the abduction.

Islamic rebels also continued to mount failed attacks against the military factory, in attempts to capture it.

Those assaults left the Islamic rebels within easy range of Kabul.

Instead, they sparked stubborn guerrilla resistance by Islamic rebels.

The Islamic rebels are known as mujahedeen; 800 rupees is about $40.

In the campaign, he lauded the military's role in "protecting" the nation against the Islamic rebels.

He met various groups of nationalist and Islamic rebels (mujahedeen).