I say it the Taliban will be soundly defeated within a month. It will probably be a year till we get our hands on Bin Laden.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CNN) -- CNN sources in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar reported intense air activity Monday night and early Tuesday morning, including the possible use of helicopters.
The sources reported they heard what they believed to be helicopters, gunfire coming from overhead and return gunfire coming from the ground.
The attack, which appeared to be different from previous airstrikes, started around 11:30 p.m. (3 p.m. EDT) and lasted about 20 minutes, the sources said.
In Washington, Pentagon officials refused to confirm or deny that helicopters were involved in military action in Kandahar. Pentagon sources told CNN that plans for Monday's airstrikes did not include U.S. helicopters.
Pentagon officials, however, have said repeatedly there could be "invisible" missions that would not be announced or even acknowledged after the fact.
Such missions by special operations forces could include clandestine helicopter raids that would not be in the daily bombing orders, the officials said.
The attack on Kandahar followed a day of aerial pounding from U.S. warplanes, which also targeted the capital city of Kabul and the eastern city of Jalalabad.
Witnesses said the attacks appeared to be one of the heaviest daytime raids since the U.S.-led bombing campaign in Afghanistan began last week.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CNN) -- CNN sources in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar reported intense air activity Monday night and early Tuesday morning, including the possible use of helicopters.
The sources reported they heard what they believed to be helicopters, gunfire coming from overhead and return gunfire coming from the ground.
The attack, which appeared to be different from previous airstrikes, started around 11:30 p.m. (3 p.m. EDT) and lasted about 20 minutes, the sources said.
In Washington, Pentagon officials refused to confirm or deny that helicopters were involved in military action in Kandahar. Pentagon sources told CNN that plans for Monday's airstrikes did not include U.S. helicopters.
Pentagon officials, however, have said repeatedly there could be "invisible" missions that would not be announced or even acknowledged after the fact.
Such missions by special operations forces could include clandestine helicopter raids that would not be in the daily bombing orders, the officials said.
The attack on Kandahar followed a day of aerial pounding from U.S. warplanes, which also targeted the capital city of Kabul and the eastern city of Jalalabad.
Witnesses said the attacks appeared to be one of the heaviest daytime raids since the U.S.-led bombing campaign in Afghanistan began last week.
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