AL QAEDA AND TALIBAN FORCES MONDAY WERE UNDER CONSTANT BOMBARDMENT BY ...

World | March 4, 2002, Monday // 00:00

Al Qaeda and Taliban forces Monday were under constant bombardment by U.S., allied and Afghan forces for a third straight day in the remote and inhospitable terrain of the Shahi Kot mountains in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. military and Afghan Defense Ministry officials said. "Aircraft have targeted vehicles, mortars, enemy troop locations, caves and anti-aircraft artillery sites. Firefights continue to be intense at times in heavy combat actions," U.S. Central Command said. "The size of the enemy force is estimated to be several hundred."

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