From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: WWIII update - more civilian casualties [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- AP. 12 October 2001. Taliban: U.S. Airstrikes Kill 200. KABUL -- The Taliban claimed Friday at least 200 people had been killed two days earlier in an airstrike on a village outside the eastern city of Jalalabad. It was the largest casualty claim to date by Afghanistan's ruling Islamic militia, and could not immediately be independently verified. The report of the airstrike on the Afghan village of Karam came from Zadra Azam, the deputy governor of Taliban-controlled Nangarhar province. "We're still digging bodies out of the rubble," Azam said, adding that villagers from nearby had rushed to help with the rescue and recovery effort. In addition, the Taliban's official news agency said at least 10 people were killed and several homes were destroyed in Argandab, north of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. Bombs also destroyed homes in Karaga, north of Kabul, the news agency said. There was no immediate Pentagon comment on the Taliban claim, but military officials have noted they do not intend to comment on every such report. At the Pakistani border, panicky arriving Afghan refugees reported fleeing airstrikes that hit close to populated areas. "I have never seen such a sight. Bombs were dropping in and around the village, and there was fire and smoke everywhere," said Agha Jan Agha, a farmer from Kalamtar, near the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. "I grabbed my family and some clothes -- we must have walked about 10 kilometers (six miles) in the night before we found a car that would bring us to the border." Earlier Friday, Kabul was hit by a pre-dawn strike in which U.S. jets dropped three bombs in rapid succession. Within 20 minutes another jet streaked in high, dropping two more bombs. The ground trembled and windows rattled in Kabul from the force of the impact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews with continuing coverage of WWIII _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
