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...bombing thus far has not dislodged the Taliban even where they're at their most vulnerable - in the former Northern Alliance stronghold of Mazari al-Sharif - let alone from Kabul. The Northern Alliance have not proved to be quite as fearsome a force as the Pentagon may have hoped, while the Taliban have proved far more so, as Rear Admiral John Stufflebeem admitted last week. And the bombing thus far has failed to provoke the mass defections from the Taliban in the south for which U.S. planners had clearly hoped. Indeed, most reports from inside Afghanistan suggest the bombing...
More Graphics Tora Bora Nukes Pipeline Taliban Revolt Last Bastions Women & Islam No Refuge Taliban on the Run Afghan Caves Mood of the Nation Mazar-I-Sharif Terrorist Timeline Al-Qaeda Suspects Flu/Anthrax Sharing Secrets Al-Qaeda's World Ground War 11.4.01 Bush Team Grades Bioterror Threats War in Winter Workplace Safety Afghan Targets Anthrax Pathogen A Ground War An Uneasy Ally Targets Hit Search & Destroy Firepower & Food Frozen Assets Safety Guide Mideast Leaders Agents of Death Afghanistan Military Buildup Terrorist Cells Our Weapons Deadly Paths Twin Terrors CNN.com Latest news: War Against Terror
...rumbled for a second successive day in Afghanistan, Thursday, heralding an approaching moment of truth for the opposition Northern Alliance. The heavy bombers, not used since the first days of bombing, have joined an American air armada pounding frontlines north of Kabul and all around Mazar-i-Sharif, as part of a U.S. effort to soften Taliban defenses for a ground offensive by the Alliance on both fronts. The bombing may continue for days yet, but when it ends, it will be up to the anti-Taliban armies of the north to go in and recapture territory from a battle...
More Graphics Tora Bora Nukes Pipeline Taliban Revolt Last Bastions Women & Islam No Refuge Taliban on the Run Afghan Caves Mood of the Nation Mazar-I-Sharif Terrorist Timeline Al-Qaeda Suspects Flu/Anthrax Sharing Secrets Al-Qaeda's World Ground War 11.4.01 Bush Team Grades Bioterror Threats War in Winter Workplace Safety Afghan Targets Anthrax Pathogen A Ground War An Uneasy Ally Targets Hit Search & Destroy Firepower & Food Frozen Assets Safety Guide Mideast Leaders Agents of Death Afghanistan Military Buildup Terrorist Cells Our Weapons Deadly Paths Twin Terrors CNN.com Latest news: War Against Terror
...based government and potentially rally many uncommitted Pashtuns - the largest ethnic group - behind the Taliban. Also, Pakistan is deeply suspicious of the Northern Alliance and was supporting the Taliban's war against the Alliance before September 11. Instead, the U.S. had encouraged the Alliance to move on Mazar-i-Sharif, a strategically important city in the opposition group's northern heartland that fell to the Taliban...