 WARREN ZINN/ARMY TIMES/GETTY IMAGES U.S. troops arrive off a CH-47 "Chinook" helicopter on a hill top near Sirkankel, Afghanistan, March 6, 2002  CNN Video: Soldiers Describe the Fighting |
 As the enemy fighting force appears larger than expected, 300 additional U.S. troops are called in, taking the Americans' total presence to 1,200. Allied soldiers are converging on the mountain range, and may have killed as many as 800 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters. The concentration of enemy fighters leads to media speculation over whether Osama bin Laden may be nearby, but U.S. officials play down such speculation.  U.S. FORCES: Special Forces, 10th Mountain Division and 101st Airborne KEY WEAPONS: Warplanes, thermobaric bomb CASUALTIES: 3 Danish and 2 German security force members killed |
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