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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

Anti-Taleban fighters prepare to fire tank

Anti-Taleban fighters watch American bombing

An anti-Taleban fighter crouches under a boulder

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

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