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Article: War enters new phase as Army Rangers stage attack on airfield in southern Afghanistan.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- October 19, 2001
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WASHINGTON _ The U.S.-led war against Afghanistan's Taliban military and Osama bin Laden's terrorist network entered a new and much more dangerous phase Friday as a company of about 200 Army Rangers staged a nighttime paratroop attack on the Kandahar airfield in southern Afghanistan.
A senior administration official said the small but heavily armed force was due to leave Afghan airspace by 4:30 a.m. Saturday local time (7:30 p.m. EDT), noting that the hit-and-run raid was intended partly to demonstrate that American forces can attack at will, even in the heart of the Taliban regime. Kandahar is the base of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.
"This is a ...