U.S. Jets Bomb Taliban Positions Anew

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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-afghan-fighting,0,5666475.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

U.S. Jets Bomb Taliban Positions Anew

By NOOR KHAN
Associated Press Writer

August 31, 2003, 2:39 AM EDT

QALAT, Afghanistan -- U.S. fighter jets and helicopters pounded suspected Taliban positions before dawn Sunday in a fresh assault in the rugged mountain peaks of Zabul province, an Afghan intelligence official said.

The latest round of bombing in the southern province went on for three hours overnight ending shortly before dawn Sunday, said Khalil Hotak, the province's intelligence chief.

For nearly a week now, the mountainous region about 40 miles north of Qalat, the provincial capital, has been the scene of intense battles between suspected Taliban rebels, Afghan soldiers and their U.S. allies.

Dozens of Taliban fighters are reported to have been killed and several others arrested so far, although it has been impossible to get independent confirmation on casualty figures....>> MORE

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1. Rumsfeld said major combat was over in Afghanistan

Didn't the Taliban hear about it, "Mission Accomplished".

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2. Reminds me of VietNam

destroying again the recently destroyed village, just
to make sure, body counts and stories about the large
numbers of enemy dead, progress being made, light at the
end of the tunnel, need for persistance, test of will, blah
blah blah blah.