1. The main sticking point was the size of the peace force, with Northern Alliance leaders eager to keep the number of foreign troops to a minimum.
2. The military alliance also announced an insurgent involved in the kidnapping of a New York Times reporter was captured in northern Afghanistan.
3. The alliance in a separate press release on Saturday also confirmed losing another soldier in the northern region of the country.
4. His death could unleash a well of resentment among some senior Northern Alliance members, who accuse Karzai of colluding with the Taliban.
5. Unionist Party leader and former Northern Ireland Prime Minister Brian Faulkner criticised the unaligned unionists and the behaviour of their alliance at the Assembly meeting.
6. Until recently the national broadcaster was controlled by the Northern Alliance, the faction that defied US orders by marching into Kabul after the Taliban fled.