The war in Afghanistan
David White
Published: February 20 2002 15:21GMT | Last Updated: March 7 2002 13:05GMT

Military Briefing
by David White
David White analyses the tactics used by the coalition forces, the aims of the campaign and assess the hardware deployed, from the initial phases of the bombing, to the collapse of the Taliban forces and the fall of Kabul.

 
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David White reported regularly and exclusively for FT.com on the military aspects of the current crisis. He has more than 20 years’ experience as a foreign correspondent for the FT. David was the FT’s defence specialist during the end of the Cold War.
 
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