Residents seen fleeing Kandahar - CNN

ISLAMABAD, Oct 11 (Reuters): Residents of the Southern Afghan city of Kandahar were fleeing the city, their belongings loaded onto donkeys and carts, after a night of intense bombing, cnn pictures showed today.

The bombing overnight in Kabul by us strike planes was the most intense since the start of the campaign against the Taliban and their guest, Osama bin Laden, with bombs and missiles raining down last night, and cnn said a similar bombardment occurred in Kandahar.

CNN broadcast grainy footage from a video satellite phone that it said came from Kandahar.

It showed dozens of people, wrapped in shawls against the dawn cold and apparently leaving town with their possessions either on their backs, on carts or on donkeys.