| Afghan commanders and tribal elders belonging to six Pashtun-populated provinces have decided to send a delegation with a message to Kandahar for the Taliban to surrender and hand over power. The decision was taken at a tribal Jirga. The Taliban vowed to fight U.S. forces to the death and said Mullah Mohammad Omar was still in of Kandahar. The two Marine Expeditionary Units just outside Kandahar hope that's so. According to the Pakistani periodical Khabrain, Mullah Omar said that he had received orders for starting his Holy War against America from the Prophet Muhammad directly, who appeared to him in dreams. Marine helicopter gunships attacked an armored column near the Marines' new base. The Cobras destroyed up to 15 tanks and BMP armored personnel carriers moving in column. |