Posted on 12/29/2001 12:08:25 AM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:50:12 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
With the Taliban vanquished, the U.S. military in Afghanistan has shifted its mission to three main tasks that could determine whether the new government survives and whether al Qaeda cells collapse around the world.
U.S. special-operations troops, aided by anti-Taliban Afghans, are searching Tora Bora to determine once and for all whether American bombing killed Osama bin Laden in a cave hide-out.
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