Rumsfeld - Allied troops capture al-Qaida fighters daily

Friday, April 26, 2002

SHANNON, Ireland -- American and allied forces in Afghanistan are capturing al-Qaida and Taliban fighters "almost every day, in small numbers," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.

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