ATTACKS US AFGHANISTAN

An Afghan anti-Taliban fighter looks at his watch after an 8am deadline for al Qaida members to surrender expires as an American B-52 flies above to strike al Qaida positions in the White Mountains of Afghanistan Wednesday Dec 12, 2001. U.S. warplanes continued to pound al Qaida hideouts a day after al Qaida fighters were driven from their positions and were offered a surrender. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)