Word: kandahar
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...Kandahar had become the most dangerous place on earth. Within hours of hearing on the radio about the suicide hijackers who crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Barasna knew she had to flee. Her town had housed both Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden; surely it would soon be a target of whatever retribution the Americans were planning. "It's suicide to stay here," a neighbor shouted to her as she hurried inside to pack. "Look, even the Taliban are running." A Land Cruiser roared past, kicking up dust, heading...
Only last January, in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, bin Laden's eldest son married the daughter of his longtime military chief and sometime media adviser, Mohammed Atef. Also known by his nom de guerre, Abu Hafs al-Masri, the Egyptian former policeman helped set up bin Laden's networks in East Africa and has been indicted in the U.S. for the deadly 1998 attacks on American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania...
...difficult to isolate without inflicting civilian casualties. The coalition is now struggling with whether to tackle the refugees before a major military campaign, to which Britain is partial, or keeping the focus on capturing Osama bin Laden even if this exacerbates the refugees' problems, which Washington has advocated. Outside Kandahar, the Taliban are stopping families at gunpoint and turning them back from the border road. U.N. officials say the Taliban are letting some women and children through--after they forcibly conscript the men. But few Afghans are willing to wait until the bombs fall before they make their dash...
...street where Barasna lives in Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, her Taliban neighbors all drive new Toyota Hi-Lux pickups and Land Cruisers, flashy symbols of their new power. But one night three weeks ago, Barasna heard the slamming of car doors and the crying of sleepy children. She peered out into the lane with its high mud walls and saw that every Taliban commander in the area was fleeing the city with his family. Barasna knew why. It was Sept. 11, and on the radio she and her doctor husband had heard about the suicide hijackers who crashed into...
...cruise missiles against strategic sites inside Afghanistan. They also said the attacks included B-1, B-2, and B-52 bombers. The strikes are reportedly to be against Afghan air bases and suspected terror camps. Local sources have confirmed that the initial wave of attacks struck the airport in Kandahar. One immediate goal is to render useless any Taliban air defenses. In a televised address earlier this afternoon, President Bush said the Taliban "will pay a price" for not meeting U.S. demands...