] About 1,000 U.S. troops launched a raid on villages in ] southeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) Thursday, ] hunting for members of the al-Qaida terrorist network in ] the biggest U.S. operation in just over a year, military ] officials said. ] ] Helicopters ferried troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne ] Division to the remote, mountainous area as the hunt for ] Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) and his terror network ] intensified, according to U.S. military officials in ] Washington. ] ] Military officials in Afghanistan confirmed the operation ] was underway, but would provide no details. There is action on the Afghan front right now also.. Yahoo! News - U.S. Troops Raid Afghanistan for al-Qaida |