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Explosions Rattle Kabul: CNN Report
Fresh explosions rocked Afghanistan's capital of Kabul and the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, the latest in the second wave of US strikes that began on Monday night.
At least three explosions rattled Kabul Tuesday morning and several explosions were heard in Kandahar, the nation's second largest city in south-central Afghanistan.
US officials said targets in Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad were on the attack list in the campaign to flush out suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and punish the Taliban for harboring him.
Planes and anti-aircraft fire were also reported in the western Afghan city of Herat.
CNN's Kamal Hyder reported Jalalabad airport was struck overnight and continued to burn Tuesday.
Some of the US missiles fired had "NYPD" and "FDNY" written on them -- reminders of the New York police and firefighters killed in the September 11 terror attacks against the United States.
The strikes, which began Sunday, are the opening salvos of an anti-terrorist campaign Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned could last for years.
Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said US warplanes and cruise missiles struck 31 targets in the first day of attacks and that no US planes were shot down by Afghan anti-aircraft fire. The Taliban claimed to have downed a number of coalition planes Sunday.
Unlike Sunday, no British forces were involved in Monday's attacks.
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