An Afghan boy looks down from the top of a truck where his family are
seated before fleeing the capital on September 19, 2001. As thousands
of Afghans fled cities fearing possible U.S. attacks, the United
Nations was preparing urgent plans on Wednesday to feed and shelter the
latest flood of the tired and the hungry. The leader of Afghanistan's
ruling Taliban said on Wednesday he was prepared to hold talks with the
United States over Osama bin Laden who lives in Afghanistan, the
Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported. REUTERS/staff

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