BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: We know from the Pentagon the past couple of days, the city of Kandahar has been hit especially hard by U.S. warplanes flying overhead. We also know a region in that area is under dispute now whether or not it will go from Taliban control to local tribal control. Watching all this on the ground and on the border, here is CNN's Nic Robertson.</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Sources inside Kandahar tell us that there has been intense bombardments throughout Thursday, that follows on from bombing Wednesday, and Wednesday night. They say it has been virtually incessant, with very little pause between any of the bombing raids. Certainly from here, on the Pakistan border, we've seen plenty of aircraft flying overhead into the direction of Kandahar, northwest of here. The Taliban also say in Kandahar that they have hung a man, hung him in the central square of Kandahar City. They say that they found him with a global positioning device and that they believe that he was working for U.S. Special Forces, plotting locations inside the city. Now, a Taliban commander, late this afternoon, crossed into Pakistan for a meeting with a Pakistani official. He met with CNN and he told us that at the moment, the Taliban have no intention of surrendering Spin Boldak. He said that as long as Mullah Mohammed Omar, their leader, was alive, they would hold onto power. Nic Robertson, CNN, on the Pakistan-Afghan border.</s>HEMMER: And Nic, certainly, just one of the many CNN correspondents in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the surrounding region. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Taliban Says It Has No Plans to Surrender Spin Boldak