21.   But he said U.S. warplanes could not bomb the area until tribal forces were there to direct fire.

22.   Fourteen villagers were killed on Monday night, and Abkhazia, Georgia and Russia traded accusations about aircraft that bombed the area on Tuesday.

23.   Fourteen villagers were killed on Monday night, and Abkhazia, Georgia and Russia traded accusations about aircraft that bombed the area Tuesday.

24.   In Kabul, Taliban information ministry spokesman Abdul Hanan Himan confirmed U.S. aircraft were bombing the area in and around Kandahar, the third day of daylight strikes.

25.   In Kabul, a Taliban official confirmed U.S. aircraft were bombing the area in and around Kandahar, the third day of daylight strikes.

26.   In Kabul, a Taliban official said U.S. aircraft were bombing the area in and around Kandahar.

27.   It has denied bombing civilian areas.

28.   Mohammed Arif, a spokesman for ousted military chief Ahmed Shah Massood, said Taliban pilots were bombing civilian areas in opposition-held northern areas.

29.   More recently, the area was heavily bombed by the Americans targeting Taliban and al-Qaida fighters.

30.   On Saturday, U.S. jets bombed an area near the eastern city of Jalalabad, where bin Laden maintained camps.