'I heard planes overhead. . .next there were explosions and panic everywhere'.PEOPLE ran from their homes and thick clouds of smoke engulfed the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during overnight strikes by US warplanes, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a trickle of witnesses arriving in Pakistan early today. One man said he saw at least four people injured. "I was standing on my roof when I heard planes overhead, and the next thing I knew there were explosions and panic everywhere, " said Nematollah who, like many Afghans, uses one name. Nematollah, who arrived early today in the border town of Chaman, about 75 miles from Kandahar, added: "The electricity went out, and people were running in the streets in the darkness." Witnesses said Kandahar's airport and the home of Mullah Mohammed Omar Noun 1. Mullah Mohammed Omar - reclusive Afghanistani politician and leader of the Taliban who imposed a strict interpretation of shariah law on Afghanistan (born in 1960) Mullah Omar , leader of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia, appeared to have been the military action's primary targets in the city. "Many people began to flee the city after the attacks began, " said Malang Bacha, who arrived in Chaman with his wife and four children after a three-hour journey in a pick-up truck loaded with other fleeing residents. "It was very hard to see in the dark, but I saw four injured people, " Bacha said. At the border, business appeared to unfold as usual, with no sign of fleeing refugees. Most of the steady stream of people crossing have businesses on the Pakistani side but live in Kandahar. In Chaman, where Taliban influence and support is strong, people talked of calling a general strike. The strip of dingy dingy used as a description of fleece wool; the wool is lacking in brightness. , dustblown road that runs to the border was largely abandoned. Demonstrators shouting "Death to America!" marched toward the border, carrying the banner of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI) is a political party in Pakistan. It is part of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, an alliance of religious parties that won 11. , the Pakistani political party that most closely echoes Taliban views. CAPTION(S): DEADLY CARGO A light shines in the sky as an American fighter takes off for a bombing raid on Afghanistan from the USS Enterprise
USS Enterprise is the name of a number of ships from the United States Navy. It is also the name of a number of ships from the fictional Star Trek universe. in the northern Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, third largest ocean, c.28,350,000 sq mi (73,427,000 sq km), extending from S Asia to Antarctica and from E Africa to SE Australia; it is c.4,000 mi (6,400 km) wide at the equator. It constitutes about 20% of the world's total ocean area. , above. Right, a Tomahawk tomahawk [from an Algonquian dialect of Virginia], hatchet generally used by Native North Americans as a hand weapon and as a missile. The earliest tomahawks were made of stone, with one edge or two edges sharpened (sometimes the stone was globe shaped). cruise missile is launched and, left, more bombs sit on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise. PICTURES: AP/PA |
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