VICE PRESIDENT CAUTIONS AGAINST AFGHAN ATTACKS.(MAIN)

Byline: Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Taliban and al-Qaida fighters are regrouping in Afghanistan after the recent end of the biggest ground offensive of the war, and are expected to try to mount attacks against U.S. troops there, Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday.

``We saw ... a coalescing of a group in the area where we launched Operation Anaconda a couple of weeks ago, and very successfully eliminated a big chunk of the al-Qaida,'' Cheney said.

``There are still al-Qaida scattered around Afghanistan. There are, I'm sure, going to be efforts by them to try to organize themselves enough so that they can launch an attack at least on our forces …