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© St. Petersburg Times, published October 21, 2001
Airborne Army Rangers stage assault on a Taliban-controlled airfield and a residence of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, U.S. officials say.
Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the Rangers "accomplished our objectives."
The Taliban brands America's first commando strikes a failure and a senior militia commander says Americans are too soft for a ground war in Afghanistan.
Pakistan confirms it is holding talks with a senior Taliban commander on the makeup of a future Afghan government, drawing a sharp retort from the opposition alliance.
In the biggest single-day refugee influx of the two-week air assault on Afghanistan, an estimated 5,000 people stream into Pakistan.