AFGHANISTAN

An Afghan man walks over a foot bridge at sun set in the northern Afghanistan town of Khoja Bahawuddin October 24, 2001. The United States and its allies launched air strikes over three weeks ago against the hard-line Taliban, which is hated in Khoja Bahawuddin, a stronghold of the Northern Alliance opposition that has fought them since 1996. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis YB/CLH/