Kathy Gannon
NewsDecember 26, 2001
Prime minister - Terrorism 'largely defeated' in Afghanistan Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Less than three months after the U.S.-led coalition began military strikes, Afghanistan's interim prime minister said Wednesday that terrorism has been "largely" beaten in his war-wrecked country...NewsDecember 21, 2001
First peacekeepers arrive in Afghan capital Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A convoy of 80 British Royal Marines entered the Afghan capital on Friday, the first contingent of multinational peacekeepers launching a six-month mission to protect the new interim government...NewsDecember 7, 2001
Taliban flee Kandahar; Omar's whereabouts uncertain Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban forces abandoned their last bastion Kandahar on Friday, with witnesses saying joyous residents poured into the streets and tore down the Taliban white flag. Afghanistan's interim leader said Taliban supreme...NewsNovember 30, 2001
Tribal fighters said to capture 80 Taliban Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Tribal fighters said they captured 80 Taliban soldiers Friday near the airport at Kandahar as anti-Taliban forces closed in on the Islamic militia stronghold. U.S. warplanes bombed Taliban defenses near the airport...NewsNovember 30, 2001
Tribal fighters battle Taliban around airport Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Tribal fighters battled Taliban forces near the airport at Kandahar on Friday, as they closed in on the Taliban's last stronghold in Afghanistan. U.S. warplanes bombed Taliban defenses near the airport...NewsNovember 28, 2001
Apparent executions at northern fortress Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Taliban said Wednesday that their supreme leader was safe after U.S. airstrikes on a Taliban "leadership area." At a northern fortress where pro-Taliban foreigners were killed in a prison mutiny, bodies of doze...NewsNovember 27, 2001
Battle on for northern fortress and southern stronghold Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. airstrikes targeted outnumbered and cornered loyalists of Osama bin Laden on Tuesday as a prison uprising in northern Afghanistan stretched into its third day. In the south, American Marines went into action a...NewsNovember 27, 2001
Northern alliance claims prison revolt quashed Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- As U.N. talks on the future of Afghanistan began in Germany, anti-Taliban forces claimed to have retaken control Tuesday of a fort where captured Osama bin Laden loyalists staged a three-day prison revolt...NewsNovember 26, 2001
Marines land near Kandahar Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Quickening the hunt for Osama bin Laden and top Taliban leaders, U.S. Marines landed Monday outside the southern stronghold of Kandahar and set up a desert airbase. Heavy U.S. bombardment backed up anti-Taliban tri...NewsNovember 21, 2001
U.S. moves to seal escape routes for bin Laden Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- With a lull on Afghanistan's northern battlefront and a stalemate on its southern one, the United States and its allies moved to seal off potential escape routes -- even at sea -- for Osama bin Laden...Advertisement
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