Taliban's Foes Say Bombing Is Poorly Aimed and Futile - 9/11

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:28:37 GMT

HAGATAI, Afghanistan, Nov. 1 — At first glance, the scene along the Taliban front lines appeared to be one of utter devastation: huge circles of charred earth, the footprints left by a daylong assault by American B-52's. And then, rising from the ashes, came a Taliban soldier in his black turban, alive and armed. All day they have been shooting at us, said Muhammad Shah, a 20- year-old Northern Alliance soldier at his front-line post. The American bombs were the biggest I have seen in my life, but they missed the Taliban.