Carpet Bomb 地毯式轰炸: U.S. planes carpet-bombed Taliban front lines north of Kabul on Wednesday and attacked the Muslim militia's powerbase of Kandahar in southeast Afghanistan, hitting a clinic.

Pullback 撤军: Palestinians said the pullback should be carried out unconditionally, and the United States kept up its pressure to end the operation, which is Israel's most intensive in 13 months of fighting.

Pound 猛烈轰炸: U.S. airstrikes pound Afghan homes.

Cyberterrorism 网络恐怖主义: President forms Cyberterrorism panel.

Anthrax 炭疽: Anthrax in Florida, which US Attorney General John Ashcroft said was being treated "very seriously," amid concerns over a possible bioterrorist attack.

military buildup 军事集结 : The United States has sent some 1,000 soldiers to Uzbekistan as part of its biggest military buildup since the 1991 Gulf War.

terrorist mastermind 恐怖大亨: The country's ruling Taliban militia declared the assault a ``terrorist attack'' and said alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Momammed Omar had survived.

pay a price 付出代价 : "Now the Taliban will pay a price," Bush vowed.

hit targets 攻击目标：U.S. and British forces hit targets in at least three cities.

launch strikes 发动进攻：U.S. and Britain has launched Afghan strikes.

warplane, military aircraft 军用飞机：
Missiles and warplanes streaked through the Afghan night and rocked at least three cities in a U.S.-British attack on Osama bin Laden and his Taliban backers Sunday.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said an initial goal of the strikes was to render air defenses ineffective and to wipe out the Taliban's military aircraft.

cruise missiles 巡航导弹：Pentagon officials said the United States and Britain launched 50 cruise missiles against targets inside Afghanistan in an attack that also involved the most sophisticated U.S. warplanes.