Slides released by the US Department of Defense on October 11, 2001, show a surface-to-air missile site in Kandahar before (top L) and after air strikes. B-52 and B-1 bombers pounded Taliban troops, command bunkers and weapons with deadly cluster and other bombs on Thursday as US warplanes struck targets across Afghanistan for a fifth day, defence officials said on October 11, 2001.— REUTERS