Jets dropped three bombs on Wednesday morning near the airport in the southern city of Kandahar, Taliban sources said. The bombs hit at about 7.15 am local time on Wednesday.It was the second straight morning of daylight raids on the Taliban stronghold and triggered heavy anti-aircraft fire.
The area around Kandahar's airport has been the target of multiple assaults since the strikes began on Sunday night. Housing units that lodge at least 300 followers of suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden are located in that region, as are key Taliban air defense systems.
The previous night, a deafening new barrage of anti-aircraft opened up in Kabul, The power in the city has gone out each night as Taliban anti-aircraft guns come to life, and Taliban radio is off the air after its transmission tower was wrecked.US jets also bombed Taliban front-line positions in Shakardara during a campaign on Tuesday night, said northern alliance opposition spokesman Waisaddin Salik, contacted by telephone from Pakistan on Wednesday morning. That district is about 25 km north of Kabul.
The strike in Shakardara was the first reported bombing of front-line positions by US forces.Raids in Kabul on Monday night killed four civilians working for a UN-affiliated mine-clearing agency - the first confirmed civilian deaths of the air campaign.
