Opposition launches attack on Taliban forces

In an attack coordinated with US/British air strikes, the Afghan opposition tonight launched an attack on Taliban forces controlling the mountains surrounding the Bagram air force base north of Kabul.

Forces of the Northern Alliance fired multiple-rocket launchers under a starry skies and a clear night. There were no traces of the US-led air strikes that hit Kabul and other Afghan cities, but the opposition had been informed of those attacks before they began.