In pictures: Villages turn to rubble

Six days after the US military operation began against the Taleban in Afghanistan, Afghans assess the damage caused by the strikes.

Residents look at the damage caused by a US air strike in Kabul

All that was left of several villages was debris

Children play outside their tents in Kabul

Afghans gave money to the poor outside a mosque after Friday prayers in Kabul

Taleban fighters on their tanks, positioned a two barrel anti-aircraft gun towards the sky in Kabul

The opposition Northern Alliance has been strengthened by the US strikes

Northern Alliance fighters take a break

A Northern Alliance fighter stops to pray