Posted on 09/02/2003 10:31:25 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:07:30 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
QALAT, Afghanistan — Afghan and U.S. troops overran three suspected Taliban positions and pinned down fighters in a cave yesterday as fighting raged in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military and an Afghan commander said.
American bombing echoed through the mountains as the troops tried to root out hundreds of Taliban holdouts who have offered fierce resistance for the past week.
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