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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/29/international/asia/29AFGH.html
U.S. and Its Allies Fight Rebel Force on Afghan Peaks
(New York Times) Some 350 American, European, and Afghan forces fought a fierce battle through the night against a large group of rebel fighters in a mountainous region of southeastern Afghanistan, in the heaviest fighting they have encountered in nine months, the American military spokesman said Tuesday. As many as 80 fighters aligned with the former mujahedeen commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar were thought to be lodged in caves and mountain hideouts near the border with Pakistan. Forces responding to the violence included Norwegian F-16s, the first time its planes had carried out operational bombings since World War II.