Afghan fighters stand guard at a check point on the outskirts of Jalalabad on Saturday. Jalalabad, long surrounded by militant training camps including some for bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, has seen particularly heavy bombardment since the United States launched its first strikes last Sunday night. US planes aiming at positions of the Taliban's No. 1 Corps in the east of Jalalabad dropped several bombs and some hit houses in the area, AIP quoted a Jalalabad official as saying. —REUTERS