Afghan soldiers take mountain peaks in day of fierce fighting

Sunday, August 31, 2003

QALAT, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military said Saturday that a weeklong campaign of bombing and intense ground battles on the craggy mountain ridges of southern Afghanistan have killed dozens of Taliban holdouts.

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