6 al Qaeda Fighters Holed in Hospital Killed in Firefight

400213 09: A U.S. special operations soldier (L) walks outside Mirwais Hospital along with Afghan anti-Taliban forces after a firefight with six suspected al-Qaeda members January 28, 2002 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The six al-Qaeda soldiers, who had been barricaded inside the hospital for six weeks, were killed in the operation and five Afghan anti-Taliban soldiers were wounded. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)