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...front, U.S. assistance is invisible, and North Alliance irritation with the Americans is tangible. In the south, where there are no Alliance troops, the U.S. Friday sent in their own, more than a hundred on a mission around Kandahar. The U.S. has also deployed the sort of killing machines, AC 130's for example, that could change the strategic balance around Kabul in a matter of days if not hours...
TIME.com: Has there been a qualitative shift in military operations in Afghanistan in recent days, with reports of the heavy ground-attack AC-130 plane being used over Kandahar on Tuesday, for example...
...really. The first few days were focused on Taliban air defenses, and then on fixed targets such as ministries and logistics bases. Now they're looking for emerging targets, such as mass troop concentrations and armor. The AC-130 is often used to support ground troops, but it's also used solo. The U.S. is clearly moving from fixed to mobile tactical targets. The more you hit those mobile tactical targets, the more damage you do to the Taliban. And, of course, you have to be careful about hitting them too hard if you don't want to topple...
Aircraft --AC-130 Spectre and Spooky gunships are flying artillery platforms that give air cover to ground troops...
...cell phone, that nifty digital clamshell, has conquered campus. Where once you permanently stowed it in the AC-adapter cradle for the weekly dime-a-minute long-distance call to your parents, now you clip it to a belt, velcro it to a bookbag or carry it like a baton in the loneliest long-distance relay...