Word: strays
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...stray bomb...
...British troops. Northern Alliance commanders were spitting with rage. "Call it off!" shouted one general as Alliance soldiers streamed out of the fort. "Call it off! You've hit the wrong people!" Perry can confirm that at least three Afghan soldiers were killed and four injured by the stray bomb; one Northern Alliance commander put the numbers far higher, at 30 killed and 50 wounded...
...village north of the city, her husband went blind. The family became dependent on whatever money their son Humayoun, 17, could earn as a field worker. The fields were close to the occasional fighting between Taliban and Northern Alliance forces. Eight months ago he was killed by a stray rocket. "There is no work for women," Sabza says. "We had nobody to look after the family, so I came to Kabul." Now that the Taliban is gone, she will try to find work cleaning offices or homes...
...Mullah Fazil, a man in his mid-20s who is the youngest member of the inner circle around supreme Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. Fazil's fate was unknown, but Alliance sources told Time that U.S. bombers inflicted heavy casualties on fleeing Taliban fighters. In Mazar locals rounded up stray Taliban who had failed to escape and held them until rebels arrived. Some captives were released and, a top Alliance official told Time, the conquering generals received specific orders not to mistreat prisoners of war. But the depths of tribal hatred in the city raised the possibility of brutal reprisals...
...Centers for Disease Control. The Postal Service has purchased and is distributing to its employees 4 million masks that it claims will filter 95% of all microbes in the air, including anthrax spores. Their use is voluntary, and they must fit snugly against the skin (no beards or stray locks of hair). Perhaps even more effective, but probably too expensive for the Postal Service, is a hood and battery-powered filter combination originally designed for medical personnel working with drug-resistant-tuberculosis patients...