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MON, OCT 08, 2001
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The US-led coalition, including Britain, have launched a second wave of attacks on Kabul and Jalalabad near the Pakistani border after its first wave of air strikes late Sunday night. Explosions and anti-aircraft fire were heard from the airport area in Northern Kabul.
The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press says people were reported fleeing from the affected cities. The first explosions could be heard at about 8:57 pm local time in Kabul after nightfall on Sunday.
US President George W. Bush said forces are taking carefully "targeted actions" against Taliban military operations and the Al Qaeda network of alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Many targets, including the airport in Kandahar, the headquarters of the Taliban militia and the Taliban command center in Kabul were destroyed. The city of Jalalabad is surrounded by Al Qaeda training camps, and other terrorist support activities.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Sunday that British submarines had also launched cruise missiles at Afghanistan. Local officials in Islamabad said that Pakistan airspace was used in the US-led military strikes against Afghanistan. After the attacks began, a US military commander at the Pentagon said that although today's military actions are visible, less visible actions are going on simultaneoulsy.
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