Options in Afghanistan Carry Risks

WASHINGTON – As U.S. planes run out of the best bombing targets in Afghanistan, the military response to terrorism is moving into a much more delicate phase: trying to roust the Al Qaeda terrorists from their hideouts and topple the Taliban regime sheltering them.

All of the options have risks.

—Sending in small teams of special forces soldiers to hunt down terrorist and Taliban leaders might not be enough to eliminate all of them from Afghanistan.