United States troops are said to be closing in on the last Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. The city came under one of the heaviest bombardments of the US military campaign so far.
The hunt for Osama bin Laden is now focused on the caves of eastern Afghanistan. The US believes that he is hiding in the Tora Bora region southwest of Jalalabad.
US warplanes continue to pound Taliban positions. An ethnic Pashtun commander said that the raids were among the fiercest since the war began 55 days ago.
