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October 28, 2001 Airstrikes

Operations

• AFGHAN ATTACKS VOA 28 Oct. 2001-- Witnesses in the Afghan capital, Kabul, say at least 12-people were killed in U-S led airstrikes, following heavy bombing that pounded Taleban frontline positions outside the city. Meanwhile, the family of slain opposition leader, Abdul Haq, vowed to avenge his execution

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International Responses

• U-N/TAJIKISTAN VOA 28 Oct. 2001-- The United Nations says more than three-million people in Afghanistan are at severe humanitarian risk. The U-N announced it has secured the agreement of Afghanistan's three northern neighbors to facilitate its humanitarian operations in the country

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Other Conflicts

News Reports

• GROUND WAR VOA 28 Oct. 2001-- Amid some growing concern about the U-S war on terrorism, some members of the U-S Congress are calling for a greater effort and the use of ground troops in considerable numbers
• U-S INTELLIGENCE VOA 28 Oct. 2001-- The war against the Taleban suffered a setback when a major Afghan opposition figure, Abdul Haq, was captured and executed after entering Afghanistan. The incident has raised questions about the quality of U-S intelligence in Afghanistan