^^^12:20 AM ET^^^ KABUL - Under attack againgreenspun.com : LUSENET : Current News - Homefront Preparations : One Thread |
Sunday October 14 11:07 PM ETWarplanes Seen, Afghan Capital Kabul Under Attack
KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan capital Kabul came under attack early on Monday when several warplanes screamed over the city and dropped bombs and rockets in the heart of the war-ravaged city, witnesses said.
``Fighters can be seen in the sky, I don't know how many but there are more than two,'' one witness said.
What appeared to be a missile had blasted a city center guest house belonging to the ruling hardline Taliban, shattering nearby windows, but there was no immediate sign of any casualties.
The witness said shrapnel from the blast landed on his house.
``I presume it was (a missile) because I heard the whizz as it went by,'' he said.
``They hit a Taliban guest house, but the Taliban have been firing at planes from there for the last couple of nights. The Taliban are evacuating their machine guns, recoilless cannon, rocket launchers, grenades and other military equipment,'' he said.
Witnesses said U.S.-led forces attacked the city three times overnight before shattering the lull again soon after dawn.
U.S.-led attacks on Afghanistan in a bid to flush out Osama bin Laden, prime suspect in the September 11 suicide plane attacks on the United States, have now moved into their second week.
-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001
Monday October 15 12:08 AM ETExplosions Rock Eastern Afghan City
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) - Three powerful explosions rocked the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Monday morning as a lone jet streaked across the sky and dropped at least three bombs. Taliban gunners responded with anti-aircraft fire.
The explosions appeared to come from the western edge of the city, which has been the subject of sustained U.S.-led strikes over the past week.
It wasn't clear what Taliban military installations were in that area. But in the mountains that lie to the wast of Jalalabad, it is believed Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida organization operate terrorism camps.
Monday morning's raid was the first since Friday in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, where bin Laden is believed to have several camps around the city.
When he came to Afghanistan in 1996 with 180 of his followers, bin Laden settled in Tora Bora, a mountain base some 60 miles southwest of the city.
People were still on the streets in the minutes after the strikes.
-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001
Thanks, OG, I am one of those people who needs to know what is happening. It's late and your work ethic shows.
-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001
Nah! I have chronic fatigue syndrome and am asleep and awake at very odd hours! Besides, I want to know myself!
-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001