Gold9472
08-29-2005, 08:37 AM
U.S. Military 'Doing Everything' It Can To Seek Out Bin Laden
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POSTED: 6:55 am EST August 29, 2005
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military is doing all it can in Afghanistan to locate Osama bin Laden but cannot say when he will be captured, a spokesman said Monday.
Col. James Yonts also said the United States was cooperating with neighboring countries such as Pakistan in the hunt for the al-Qaida leader.
"When will he be captured? ... I can't give you a date, but I can tell you this: Everyone remembers 9/11," Yonts told reporters in the Afghan capital Kabul.
Bin Laden has long been suspected to be hiding in remote mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan, but no hard evidence has emerged on his exact whereabouts.
Some 20,000 U.S. forces are deployed in Afghanistan, hunting fugitive al-Qaida and Taliban leaders and trying to snuff out a stubborn insurgency that endures despite the ouster of the hardline Taliban regime in late 2001.
There has been increased military activity in Afghanistan this year amid a surge in rebel attacks ahead of landmark legislative elections next month. The U.S. military says it has responded with more operations in an effort to improve security for the vote.
In the latest violence, U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed a suspected Taliban commander responsible for rocket attacks, ambushes and other guerrilla-style assaults in southern Afghanistan, a U.S. military spokesman said.
Payenda Mohammed, who was thought to have led about 150 rebels, was killed along with three other militants in a battle in Kandahar province on Wednesday, said Col. James Yonts.
During the battle, A-10 warplanes and attack helicopters bombed caves along a ridge where the militants had sought shelter. After the fighting, vehicles and weapons were found stashed in the caves, Yonts said.
Some 15 other insurgents were wounded. No Afghan or coalition troops were wounded, he said.
Afghan and coalition forces have stepped up attacks in recent months in an attempt to prevent the Taliban from subverting elections on Sept. 18. On Sunday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he was confident the elections will be peaceful.
"There will be threats ... but that would not deter the Afghan people from participating. We will soon have a parliament," Karzai told reporters in Kabul.
But other Afghan officials, as well as U.S. authorities, have warned that the violence may worsen ahead of the elections, the next key step toward democracy after a quarter-century of fighting.
American military commanders have prepared elaborate security plans to safeguard the voting, saying Taliban rebels are throwing all their resources into disrupting the polls.
Last week, militants attacked a U.S. military convoy 425 miles east of Kabul, wounding three American soldiers, a U.S. military statement said Sunday.
Attacks on the U.S. military so close to Kabul are rare and Friday's assault occurred less than a week after a roadside bomb in the capital exploded near a convoy of U.S. Embassy vehicles, wounding two American staff members.
In southern Uruzgan province on Sunday, gunmen ambushed a parliamentary candidate, Adiq Ullah, as he was driving, killing him and wounding two others in his vehicle, said provincial Gov. Jan Mohammed Khan.
He blamed the Taliban for the murder. Security forces pursued the insurgents, but they escaped, the governor said.
Ullah's death brings to four the number of candidates killed ahead of the polls. Four election workers have also been murdered and several election offices have been rocketed.
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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POSTED: 6:55 am EST August 29, 2005
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military is doing all it can in Afghanistan to locate Osama bin Laden but cannot say when he will be captured, a spokesman said Monday.
Col. James Yonts also said the United States was cooperating with neighboring countries such as Pakistan in the hunt for the al-Qaida leader.
"When will he be captured? ... I can't give you a date, but I can tell you this: Everyone remembers 9/11," Yonts told reporters in the Afghan capital Kabul.
Bin Laden has long been suspected to be hiding in remote mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan, but no hard evidence has emerged on his exact whereabouts.
Some 20,000 U.S. forces are deployed in Afghanistan, hunting fugitive al-Qaida and Taliban leaders and trying to snuff out a stubborn insurgency that endures despite the ouster of the hardline Taliban regime in late 2001.
There has been increased military activity in Afghanistan this year amid a surge in rebel attacks ahead of landmark legislative elections next month. The U.S. military says it has responded with more operations in an effort to improve security for the vote.
In the latest violence, U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed a suspected Taliban commander responsible for rocket attacks, ambushes and other guerrilla-style assaults in southern Afghanistan, a U.S. military spokesman said.
Payenda Mohammed, who was thought to have led about 150 rebels, was killed along with three other militants in a battle in Kandahar province on Wednesday, said Col. James Yonts.
During the battle, A-10 warplanes and attack helicopters bombed caves along a ridge where the militants had sought shelter. After the fighting, vehicles and weapons were found stashed in the caves, Yonts said.
Some 15 other insurgents were wounded. No Afghan or coalition troops were wounded, he said.
Afghan and coalition forces have stepped up attacks in recent months in an attempt to prevent the Taliban from subverting elections on Sept. 18. On Sunday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he was confident the elections will be peaceful.
"There will be threats ... but that would not deter the Afghan people from participating. We will soon have a parliament," Karzai told reporters in Kabul.
But other Afghan officials, as well as U.S. authorities, have warned that the violence may worsen ahead of the elections, the next key step toward democracy after a quarter-century of fighting.
American military commanders have prepared elaborate security plans to safeguard the voting, saying Taliban rebels are throwing all their resources into disrupting the polls.
Last week, militants attacked a U.S. military convoy 425 miles east of Kabul, wounding three American soldiers, a U.S. military statement said Sunday.
Attacks on the U.S. military so close to Kabul are rare and Friday's assault occurred less than a week after a roadside bomb in the capital exploded near a convoy of U.S. Embassy vehicles, wounding two American staff members.
In southern Uruzgan province on Sunday, gunmen ambushed a parliamentary candidate, Adiq Ullah, as he was driving, killing him and wounding two others in his vehicle, said provincial Gov. Jan Mohammed Khan.
He blamed the Taliban for the murder. Security forces pursued the insurgents, but they escaped, the governor said.
Ullah's death brings to four the number of candidates killed ahead of the polls. Four election workers have also been murdered and several election offices have been rocketed.
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.