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| US will bomb Kabul front line, then send in airborne |
| 2001-09-25 |
THE US air force intends to attack the Taliban's front line north of Kabul before sending airborne troops to secure the large former Soviet base at Bagram. The Taliban have been bombarding opposition positions around Bagram's T-shaped airfield with "Stalin's Organ" multi-barrel rocket launchers inherited from the pro-Soviet regime of President Najibullah. US defence sources have indicated that one of the main targets of early air strikes will be to destroy the Taliban artillery and force it back to positions from where it will be unable to threaten Bagram airfield. Once the artillery has been repulsed or destroyed, US airborne troops, possibly Green Berets, will be sent in to provide airfield defence before any aircraft can be deployed. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |