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Allied forces in assault against terrorist base in Afghanistan

An operation is underway in Afghanistan involving 1,000 US and British troops against a key base for terrorists in southeastern Afghanistan.

British task force commander Brigadier Roger Lane said "Operation Snipe" targetted what was or had been a terrorist base in rugged terrain.

Defence department officials in Washington say hundreds of troops are now in Khost and Paktia and reinforcements are on stand-by.

But the U-S Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has refused to confirm or deny the troop movements.

He says some operations are ongoing.

Sweep through areas to assure that the all-Qaeda and the Taliban have not returned, sweep through areas where they have information that conceivably Taliban or al-Qaeda might be

02/05/2002 22:01:25 | ABC Radio Australia News

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