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B-52 bomber pounds Taliban positions around Kunduz
A US B-52 bomber pounded Taliban positions on Thursday around Kunduz, the last stronghold of the Islamic militia in northern Afghanistan. Pentagon to reevaluate bombing strategy
A US B-52 bomber pounded Taliban positions on Thursday around Kunduz, the last stronghold of the Islamic militia in northern Afghanistan.
A reporter in this town east of Kunduz, capital of the province of the same name, saw the b-52 unleash its deadly payload on Taliban positions at 0830 IST.
Taliban fighters, estimated to number several thousands, and Northern Alliance troops had exchanged rocket and mortar fire in the area on Wednesday evening.
Several thousand northern alliance soldiers have taken up positions around Kunduz and the nearby town of Khanabad awaiting the word to attack, “We are still awaiting the order to march on Khanabad and Kunduz, Said a local Northern Alliance commander, Makmoud Safbar. Bureau Report
A reporter in this town east of Kunduz, capital of the province of the same name, saw the b-52 unleash its deadly payload on Taliban positions at 0830 IST.
Taliban fighters, estimated to number several thousands, and Northern Alliance troops had exchanged rocket and mortar fire in the area on Wednesday evening.
Several thousand northern alliance soldiers have taken up positions around Kunduz and the nearby town of Khanabad awaiting the word to attack, “We are still awaiting the order to march on Khanabad and Kunduz, Said a local Northern Alliance commander, Makmoud Safbar. Bureau Report