USA strikes backthe war in picturesThe TribuneOctober 11, 2001 |

Mumtaz, 4, (L) sells bread on a street of Kabul on October 10, 2001. Mumtaz and her little brother Asid (R) said they had not slept properly for the past three nights because of military strikes on the city, but for their survival must continue to work during the day to earn some 12 US cents from selling bread. Reeling from round-the-clock air raids, Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban on Wednesday lifted all restrictions on the world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, saying he was free to wage a holy war against the USA. —REUTERS