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U.S. Dismisses Doubts Amid New Raids
Tuesday, October 30, 2001
(14:29 GMT)
The BBC
Northern Alliance troops are now getting US ammunition United States warplanes have carried out more bombing raids on targets in Afghanistan, with the Taleban stronghold of Kandahar reportedly coming under fierce attack on Tuesday morning.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the US-led coalition "will not falter" in the campaign against Saudi-born militant Osama Bin Laden.
The capital, Kabul, and the cities of Mazar-e-Sharif and Jalalabad were also targeted overnight, witnesses said.
The BBC's Jonathan Charles, who is in northern Afghanistan, says the tempo of the campaign against urban areas is slowing, in the wake of recent errors admitted by the Americans which saw bombs fall on residential areas, killing and injuring civilians.
But the head of US military central command, General Tommy Franks, has denied that the US military operation has run into stalemate.
(More: The BBC News Source)
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