USA strikes backthe war in picturesThe TribuneOctober 17, 2001 |

Nothern Alliance soldiers fire from a T-55 tank on the front line position near Dashti Kola town in the north of Afghanistan, on Tuesday. The Afghan opposition said on Tuesday the first phase of the war against the ruling Taliban was complete and the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance would now coordinate attacks with the United States. Witnesses and officials reported deaths and injuries from the attacks that came after daylight raids on Monday which the U.S. military and witnesses said were the fiercest of the 10-day-old campaign to root out Osama bin Laden, presumed mastermind of the September 11 suicide attacks on U.S. cities, and his followers.— REUTERS