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COVER STORY: WAR ON TERRORIZM
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| Destination
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America is
ready, so is Taliban, the final combat between the two devils
By Osama Bin Laden |
warplanes
resumed attacks on Kabul on Wednesday after Washington admitted fresh bombing
errors and evidence mounted that scores of civilians have died in the campaign
against Afghanistan's Taliban regime. US defence officials in Washington
admitted that bombs had gone astray over the weekend in Herat, where the
UN said a military hospital had been struck, and over Kabul at the weekend,
where witnesses have said at least 10 people died in a residential neighbourhood.
Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke said the US could not be sure of the
impact of the mishaps but insisted that attacks were carefully
 targeted
on Taliban military infrastructure or sites linked to Osama bin Laden's
Al-Qaida network. "We take extraordinary care on the targeting process,"
she said. "Our targets are military."There is unintended damage. There is
collateral damage. Thus far, it has been extremely limited from what we've
seen." The UN, a rare source of information about the impact of the bombing
through its Afghan workers, late Tuesday reported that Taliban troops were
moving into residential areas of Kabul, increasing the risk of accidents.
Refugees who arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday said that 20 people, including
nine children, had been killed as they tried to flee an attack on the southern
Afghan town of Tirin Kot on a tractor and trailer. One survivor, Abdul Maroof,
28, said injured people were left screaming in vain for help after the tractor
was bombed. Another one of those who made it to the Pakistani border, Faizul
Mohammad, said he had lost his foot in the attack.
Taliban officials have reported at least two previous incidents similar
to the one recounted by the refugees and claim more than 1,000 civilians
have died since the airstrikes began on October 7. The Taliban has said
both a military and a civilian hospital were bombed in Herat. The US has
dismissed the Taliban's figures as ridiculously overblown and dismissed
many reported incidents as lies.
But reports of civilian casualties have fuelled anti-American protests across
the Islamic world and provoked expressions of concern from two key US allies,
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Quantifying the impact of the bombing is virtually
impossible, given the absence of independent sources in most parts of Afghanistan.
But there is evidence to suggest scores of people have died. In Kabul alone,
the deaths of at least 25 civilians have been confirmed either by UN officials
or by witnesses speaking directly to AFP.
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War Zone: Desitination Kabul
Strategy: Brass Tacks
Pakistan: General In Command
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War Zone: Desitination Kabul
Strategy: Brass Tacks
Pakistan: General In Command
War Zone: Desitination Kabul
Strategy: Brass Tacks
Pakistan: General In Command
War Zone: Desitination Kabul
Strategy: Brass Tacks
Pakistan: General In Command
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The bombing of the southern city of Kandahar, which was home to 200,000
people before the crisis, has been much fiercer than in Kabul but Taliban
claims of deaths there have been impossible to confirm. The western city
of Herat and Jalalabad, near the eastern border with Pakistan, have also
been repeatedly bombed, and there has is no sign of a let-up any time soon.
But reports of civilian casualties have fuelled anti-American protests across
the Islamic world and provoked expressions of concern from two key US allies,
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Quantifying the impact of the bombing is virtually
impossible, given the absence of independent sources in most parts of Afghanistan.
But there is evidence to suggest scores of people have died. In Kabul alone,
the deaths of at least 25 civilians have been confirmed either by UN officials
or by witnesses speaking directly to AFP.
The bombing of the southern city of Kandahar, which was home to 200,000
people before the crisis, has been much fiercer than in Kabul but Taliban
claims of deaths there have been impossible to confirm. The western city
of Herat and Jalalabad, near the eastern border with Pakistan, have also
been repeatedly bombed, and there has is no sign of a let-up any time soon.
But reports of civilian casualties have fuelled anti-American protests across
the Islamic world and provoked expressions of concern from two key US allies,
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Quantifying the impact of the bombing is virtually
impossible, given the absence of independent sources in most parts of Afghanistan.
But there is evidence to suggest scores of people have died. In Kabul alone,
the deaths of at least 25 civilians have been confirmed either by UN officials
or by witnesses speaking directly to AFP.
The bombing of the southern city of Kandahar, which was home to 200,000
people before the crisis, has been much fiercer than in Kabul but Taliban
claims of deaths there have been impossible to confirm. The western city
of Herat and Jalalabad, near the eastern border with Pakistan, have also
been repeatedly bombed, and there has is no sign of a let-up any time soon.
The bombing of the southern city of Kandahar, which was home to 200,000
people before the crisis, has been much fiercer than in Kabul but Taliban
claims of deaths there have been impossible to confirm. The western city
of Herat and Jalalabad, near the eastern border with Pakistan, have also
been repeatedly bombed, and there has is no sign of a let-up any |
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