'Punishment' - U.S., Britain lead attacks on Taliban

Monday, October 8, 2001

WASHINGTON -- American and British forces unleashed punishing air strikes Sunday against military targets and Osama bin Laden's training camps inside Afghanistan, aiming at terrorists blamed for the Sept. 11 attacks that murdered thousands in New York and Washington.

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