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| Afghanistan |
| Hit on Bin Laden bases expected within days |
| 2001-09-29 |
| The Independent (UK) The US will strike at Osama bin Laden's supply bases "in days rather than weeks" a senior opposition leader in northern Afghanistan, in daily contact with Washington, predicted yesterday. Abdullah Abdullah, foreign minister of the opposition Northern Alliance, said US intervention in Afghanistan may involve the insertion of special forces combined with the bombing of Taliban troops at a later stage. But he dismissed American claims that US special forces were already in Afghanistan in significant numbers. "They might be in the southern deserts, or in the border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the frontier is not properly delineated," he said. The Pentagon and the Taliban both dismissed reports that a US special forces unit had been captured in western Afghanistan, near the Iranian border. The Pentagon said it gave "no credence" to the story as officials insisted no US units are in the country. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |