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| Afghanistan |
| Buffs whack Talibs at Mazar |
| 2001-10-31 |
The Pentagon confirmed that U.S. B-52 bombers were dropping very heavy loads of bombs, a tactic known as "carpet bombing,'' on Taliban troops and other military targets in Afghanistan. The acknowledgment that "sticks'' of unguided bombs were being dropped followed eyewitness reports from northern Afghanistan of the heaviest raids yet against Taliban troops protecting Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif. Bombs from one eight-engine, Vietnam-era B-52 sent up a wall of orange flame and clouds of dust in Taliban positions overlooking opposition-held Bagram airbase north of the capital Kabul, according to a Reuters photographer. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |