EditorialA contrail marks the path of an American B-52 bomber above Tora Bora in eastern Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2001. (Stephen Crowley/The New York Times)
EditorialA contrail traces the path of an American B-52 bomber in the sky above an Eastern Alliance mujahadeen fighter with a portable rocket launcher, in the Tora Bora Mountains of eastern Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2001. (Joao Silva/The New York Times)
EditorialA contrail traces the path of an American B-52 bomber in the sky above an Eastern Alliance mujahadeen fighter with a portable rocket launcher, in the Tora Bora Mountains of eastern Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2001. (Joao Silva/The New York Times)