For this reason, they said, several hundred alliance soldiers would remain in the city.

A few alliance soldiers also said one former Taliban soldier was killed at a collection site.

The two vehicles and a dozen men serve as a second line behind the alliance soldiers inside the Soviet base.

Ten yards away lay the body of a younger man who alliance soldiers said was a Pakistani.

Alliance soldiers held either end of the leash binding the three together.

Others were guarded by alliance soldiers who allowed journalists to enter them.

Alliance soldiers, who have been fighting here for six years, watched from the house as the planes then circled.

Since they are not part of the official army they aren't well liked by the Alliance soldiers.

The alliance soldiers stood where they stood when the offensive began.

The killings here suggested that alliance soldiers might prove difficult to control as their victories build.