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US pounds al-Qaeda mountain hideouts, after fighters refuse to surrend
American B-52 bombers pounded Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda fighters in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan after they failed to meet a deadline to surrender or die.
After the deadline expired a second fruitless attempt was made to persuade the fighters to give up.
US-backed Afghan militia forces reported that the al-Qaeda fighters firmly refused to surrender before the Nangarhar provincial administration.
The forces say they are now "preparing for war".
The al-Qaeda fighters said they would only surrender in the presence of United Nations representatives and diplomats from their respective countries.
The Afghan militia forces say there are around one-thousand fighters still holed-up in the mountains.
13/12/01 4:28:01 | ABC Radio Australia News
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