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| Afghanistan |
| US forces are directing airstrikes |
| 2001-10-30 |
An American bomb sent plumes of smoke 1,000 feet into the skies over Afghanistan's front lines in an unusually mighty airstrike. U.S. forces were with the northern opposition and directing fire against the Taliban. The alliance deployed hundreds of troops near Taliban lines north of Kabul, the first tangible sign of preparations for an assault on the capital. The United States acknowledged it had uniformed military personnel in Afghanistan, coordinating airstrikes with the opposition. A senior opposition official said such coordination will increase in coming days and that alliance forces were planning a major offensive to wrest the strategic northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif from the Taliban. It seems the Northern Alliance guys aren't quite up to the standard needed for calling in the strikes, so our guys have to do it. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |