| Taliban fighters and members of al-Qaida were putting up fierce resistance against opposition Afghan forces outside Kandahar as a relentless U.S. bombing campaign continued. Some Kandahar defenders fired missiles at U.S. warplanes, but made no hits. The city remained in Taliban hands, but a seesaw battle was raging for its airport, a few miles away. "We're fighting a lot of Arabs," a commander said. "There's not a single Taliban here." He estimated that there were 700 to 1,000 foreign fighters inside the airport. By late evening FoxNews was reporting the anti-Taliban alliance had taken the airport. |