U.S. Blitzes Afghanistan with Heaviest Bombing Yet
U.S.-led forces on Wednesday blitzed Kabul and Kandahar with the heaviest bombing since Washington launched its campaign to bring Afghanistan's Taliban regime to its knees.
Muslim Nations Caution Against Spread of War at OIC Meeting
The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), seeking a united stance on terrorism, heard calls Wednesday for U.S. strikes on Afghanistan to be strictly limited to the authors of the September 11th terror attacks and for innocent lives to be spared, as Afghanistan's ruling Taliban on Wednesday appealed to the OIC to act to halt U.S. military action against the country, news agencies and the Afghan Islamic Press reported.
U.S. Reports on Killings of Afghani Officials Denied
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban denied reports that the country's air force chief and the commander of Nangarhar province were killed in Tuesday's air strikes on Kabul, Kandahar, Khost, Jalalabad and Kundoes.
Pakistan Says Three Taliban Helicopters Captured
Pakistani security forces have captured six gunship helicopters of Afghanistan's ruling
Taliban, which landed at Quetta airport, southeast of the city, and the northern tribal area of Kurram Agency, which borders Afghanistan and is some 100 kilometers from Peshawar, officials said Tuesday.