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Saturday, October 20, 2001, updated at 12:10(GMT+8)
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U.S. Forces End First Ground Attack in Afghanistan: Pentagon Official

U.S. special forces have completed an overnight ground attack on a Taliban target in Afghanistan, a Pentagon official told the CNN on Friday.

The official confirmed earlier reports that U.S. special forces, including Army Rangers, and helicopters carried out operations against an unspecified Taliban target inside Afghanistan.

All the helicopters now have cleared out of the Afghan airspace after completing the mission of several hours, the official said.

As to reports that there were two helicopters crashing in Afghanistan, the official said he was not aware of reports about any helicopter crashing in the Central Asian country.

He also gave no word about whether the U.S. took any casualties or prisoners in the first U.S. venture of ground troops in Afghanistan.







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U.S. special forces have completed an overnight ground attack on a Taliban target in Afghanistan, a Pentagon official told the CNN on Friday.

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