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| Afghanistan |
| Daylight strikes mark ninth day of raids |
| 2001-10-16 |
U.S. planes pounded targets outside Afghanistan's capital Kabul once again early on Tuesday after Washington launched its heaviest daylight strikes so far to root out Osama bin Laden and punish his Taliban protectors. As a low-flying Air Force Special Forces AC-130 gunship concentrated its fire on targets in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar on Monday, the Taliban's civil war foes said they were closing in on the key northern town of Mazar-i-Sharif. CNN quoted witnesses in Kandahar as reporting unusual air activity overnight. There was no independent confirmation of the report. Two warplanes screamed over Kabul around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, dropping at least three bombs on targets just outside the city in the first attack since late Monday evening. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |