The army leadership is strongly opposed to recognizing that the guerrillas control any territory.

And the mines are a key reason more refugees have not gone back, even though the guerrillas now control virtually all of the countryside.

The guerrillas control substantial portions of the north and east.

By some estimates the guerrillas control almost 80 percent of the countryside.

The talks have sputtered, but the guerrillas control the land.

In 1991 the guerrillas control 6 of Afghanistan's 31 provinces.

The guerrillas have controlled many areas in those provinces for years.

The government controls the cities, while the guerrillas control the countryside.

The guerrillas control large areas of Afghanistan.

Although the guerrillas now control the land, it remains unclear whom it will belong to in the future.