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Article: War against terror in new defensive mode in Afghanistan.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2002
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Byline: E.A. Torriero
KABUL, Afghanistan _ Police in white helmets search thousands of cars every day. Diplomats and Westerners check beneath their vehicles. Shopkeepers and passersby keep wary eyes out for suspicious parked vehicles.
The war against terror went into a new defensive mode this month in Afghanistan when two explosions rocked a crowded market here on Sept. 5, leaving 30 dead and injuring dozens.
To Afghans already jittery from the assassinations and near-assassinations of politicians comes an increasing threat of being blown up.
"It's really scary. You don't know where the next bomb will come from," said Najib Joseph ...