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U.S. Hits Taliban Front Lines

U.S. jets bomb Taliban front line troops north of Kabul, clearing way for the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance.

Opposing Forces

Tom Bearden reports on the latest developments in the military campaign in Afghanistan. Independent Television News reporter Mark Austin examines the reaction in Northern Afghanistan.

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Taliban Moves to Combat U.S. Strikes

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban moved today to hand out heavy weapons across the country as U.S. air strikes continued into their third week.

U.S. Military Begins Ground Campaign

Army Rangers carry out an overnight raid in Afghanistan. Two servicemen killed in a helicopter crash.

Special Forces Begin Ground Operations in Afghanistan

On the thirteenth day of air strikes around Kabul and Kandahar, elite U.S. commando troops reportedly entered Afghanistan to assist opposition forces in the overthrow of the Taliban.

Military Action Intensifies on Twelfth Day of Strikes

As the U.S. continues to strike targets in Afghanistan, reports surface that a top bin Laden adviser was killed Sunday.

U.S. Targets Front Lines in Eleventh Day of Strikes

During an eleventh day of heavy bombing over Afghan cities, U.S. warplanes struck Taliban positions close to the front lines of their battle with the Northern Alliance for the first time.

U.S. Pummels Taliban Military Sites in Tenth Day of Strikes

Amid a tenth day of intense bombing, an International Red Cross warehouse near Kabul was struck by a stray bomb, inciting condemnation from international relief organizations.

U.S. Raids Continue to Pound Kabul

The region around Afghanistan's capital remains a target of U.S. air assaults, with waves of bombing raids continuing into a ninth straight day.

U.S. Bomb Hits Afghan Village

During the seventh day of airstrikes on targets in Afghanistan, the U.S. military admitted one of its laser-guided bombs had struck a residential area near the capital of Kabul.