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Taliban Fires on U.S. Warplanes
Thursday, October 25, 2001
By Steven Gutkin / The Associated Press

"We're waiting for the order," said Bari, deputy brigade commander in the Rabat district.

KORAK DANA, Afghanistan -- AP
Taliban gunners fired missiles yesterday at U.S. jets pounding the front line north of Kabul, the heaviest onslaught in four days of attacks there. Opposition commanders said they were bringing up fresh troops for a possible assault on the capital.

An American airstrike in Kabul, meanwhile, reportedly killed 22 Pakistani militants linked to Osama bin Laden, prime suspect in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. It was the highest reported death toll suffered by bin Laden's allies since the air assault began Oct. 7.

In neighboring Pakistan, border guards reported five powerful explosions yesterday near a region in Afghanistan's Paktia province where bin Laden is thought to run a tunnel complex. The concussions near the Gor Way Tangi area were so powerful that Pakistani officials said they believed 5,000-pound bombs were being used to collapse mountainsides and close tunnel entrances.
(More: The Taunton Gazette News Source)
2001 © The Associated Press.

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