81.   While the jets pounded Taliban positions from the air, northern alliance fighters on the ground fired rockets onto hilltop Taliban positions.

82.   And southern jets screamed overhead pounding northern forces in a bid to dislodge them, drawing bursts of anti-aircraft fire.

83.   Besides Zhawar, the jets have been pounding another base known as Salman Farsi Brigade.

84.   ITAR-TASS news agency quoted witnesses as saying Russian jets pounded the village of Bamut and nearby Chechen positions in the forests.