Bombers hit Taliban headquarters

Fighter jets have bombed the stronghold of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban militia in southern Kandahar hours after dawn today, Taliban officials said.

Taliban soldiers replied with heavy anti-aircraft fire as the planes streaked over Kandahar at about 8.15am (0445 BST).

The strike on Kandahar, the seat of the Islamic Taliban militia that rules came shortly after a lone jet screamed through the early dawn sky over the capital Kabul, dropping a bomb north of the city near the airport.

last night three US bombs were dropped on Kabul from a high-flying jet.

Four Afghan United Nations workers were reported to have been killed in that raid.