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Friday, 7 December, 2001, 17:49 GMT
In pictures: Tora Bora battleground
Anti-Taleban fighters and special forces of the Western coalition are closing in on Osama Bin Laden's underground base in the Tora Bora mountains, but his whereabouts remain unknown.

Fighters of Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network are putting up fierce resistance near the Tora Bora cave complex.

Anti-Taleban fighters watch US airplanes bomb the Tora Bora region
Tora Bora is bombed every few minutes

Anti-Taleban fighters prepare to fire tank
Anti-Taleban forces attack on the ground

Anti-Taleban fighters watch American bombing
Checking where the bombs fall

An anti-Taleban fighter crouches under a boulder
Taking cover from a mortar round

An anti-Taleban fighter listens to al-Qaeda radio communications after an air strike
Monitoring al-Qaeda radio communications

See also:

02 Dec 01 | South Asia
Taleban told 'surrender or die'
03 Dec 01 | South Asia
America's home-grown Taleban fighter
03 Dec 01 | South Asia
In pictures: Afghan refugee misery
05 Dec 01 | Americas
US shocked by American Taleban
06 Dec 01 | South Asia
Bin Laden's fortress caves
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