The United States has launched a new assault on Tora Bora.

A US military spokeswoman, Captain Vanessa Bowman, said the assault was launched against targeted positions:

“The targets were carefully chosen to pinpoint enemy positions and eliminate the likelihood of harming innocent civilians.”

“This region has provided an ideal environment to conceal enemy support bases and training sites, as well as plan and launch attacks aimed at terrorizing innocent civilians, both inside and outside the region,” she said.

She did not say how long the operation would continue for.

The Tora Bora region, a complex of caves, is known as the last stronghold of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Maybe they have some intelligence that there is a gathering of Al Qaeda and/or Taliban there again.