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Laden's Hideout Bombed
Wednesday, October 31, 2001
Reuters

An Afghan woman holds her child, who was injured in the US-led strikes in Afghanistan, as she waits for treatment at the Afghan Women's Council in Peshawar yesterday (left). Away in Kabul, Afghan residents examine destroyed houses in Glala-e-Khater village yesterday. Ten civilians were killed and five others injured as American planes continued bombing of the Afghan capital.

In Dubai, a prominent Islamic religious leader was quoted yesterday as urging Laden to turn himself in to an international court over last month's attacks on the United States.

KABUL, Pakistan-- Reuters
US warplanes hit an area of caves and tunnels in eastern Afghanistan yesterday known as a hideout of Osama bin Laden, killing two people.

US planes dropped at least two bombs in Gora Tangi, near the Pakistan border, killing two people, the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press Agency said.

The area has been under intense fire because of its links with bin Laden, accused by the United States of masterminding the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon that killed some 5,000.

Bin Laden built a maze of tunnels there when fighting the Soviet occupation in the 1980s.

US planes also bombed the Afghan city of Kandahar, headquarters of the Taliban leadership.
(More: The Daily Star News Source)
2001 © Reuters.

Dan