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...last arrived. "Finally the U.S. is doing something useful," said Mamor Hassan, a commander near the Taloqan front. "We have been waiting so long for this to happen. It is our dream come true." The Alliance is still bogged down outside the key cities of Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif, and there were reports of disappointment that America's big planes had missed targets and failed to dislodge the Taliban. But the rebels are excited nonetheless, ready to believe something has changed. "I'd never seen anything like this," says Baryalai, 29, a fighter in Jabal Saraj. "This was something...
...Bombing raids continue, now for the first time using 15,000 lb. fuel-air "Daisy Cutter" bombs U.S. says a "substantial" number of Taliban soldiers have been killed, and extensive damage done to Taliban equipment Northern Alliance maintains its offensive at Mazar-i-Sharif, with mixed results Germany will commit 3,900 troops in support roles to the U.S. mission...
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...forces. The "forward air controllers" among them call in B-52 strikes to pound Taliban positions without hitting Alliance troops. Until now the Taliban's front lines have been spared the weight of American bombs, but last week the U.S. unleashed 80% of its firepower on Taliban soldiers in Mazar and Kabul. There's more to come. Rumsfeld promises a relentless carpet-bomb barrage and a four-fold increase in the number of special-ops troops on the ground inside Afghanistan. "The only way to win a war is to beat the other guy," says an Air Force colonel...
...Analysts say that 10,000 pro-Taliban troops may mass to defend Kabul, which means further U.S. bombing still must precede a Northern Alliance assault on the capital. An offensive is more imminent in the vital crossroads city of Mazar. Kudratullo Hurmat, an aide to Northern Alliance commander Ustad Mohammed Atta, says, "The U.S. bombing is helping a lot. We're ready for a big offensive in the next two or three days." Fresh AK-47s, rockets and tanks supplied by Russia have found their way to the Alliance. Atta's forces remain bogged down 10 miles from the city...