USA strikes back—the war in pictures 

The Tribune
December 19, 2001

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A Pashtun soldier loyal to Hamid Karzai, the new leader of Afghanistan's interim administration, keeps guard on Mullah Omar's roof which was destroyed in bombings at his residence near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on December 18, 2001. Mohammed Omar, the mullah who led the Taliban to its downfall, is believed to be holed up with hundreds of fighters in south-central Afghanistan. —REUTERS