from the aid agencies still in Kabul after the Taleban militia ordered non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to leave this month in a row over relocation, and increased the need for relief. But it confirmed that the anti-Taleban alliance, which is fighting the student militia on several fronts, would continue to fire rockets at the capital after a series of attacks which have killed about 10 people this year. At least six rockets slammed into the airport on Monday night, causing little damage. The facility is used by the United Nations and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and for military Taleban flights. Both the United Nations and ICRC stopped flying to Kabul three weeks ago following daily rocket attacks by Masood‘s troops, who are dug in some 25 km north of Kabul. Instead the United Nations flies from Pakistan to Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan. It slows the delivery of people and supplies to both the United Nations and ICRC. Most aid agencies have their headquarters in Pakistan and are supplied from there. Some 30 NGOs refused to comply with a Taleban order to shift from private rented homes and offices to a derelict college building which they were expected to renovate at a cost up of to $1 million. Masood was driven out of Kabul by the Taleban in September 1996 and says he pounds the airport to prevent Taleban jet fighters from using it as a base from which to bomb his positions. Taleban transport aircraft made frequent use of the airport on Monday night during a fresh offensive against Taleban foes in the north and northwest of the country. Some residents have left their homes close to the airport after dozens of people were wounded and some killed in the attacks, which started shortly after the fall of Kabul in September 1996. The Taleban control two-thirds of Afghanistan but have not succeeded in defeating or pushing back Masood‘s fighters. The Taleban also face opposition from factions of different ethnic groups that control the north.