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An Afghan deminer stands on the tarmac while a team works with mine detectors on a field at the Kabul airport during a visit to the installations by U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi Monday, Jan. 7, 2002. Brahimi assessed the progress on the works of demining that are currently taking place at the airport.

Slideshow:
War as a way of life

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Al-Qaeda inner circle
Encyclopedia of Afghan Jihad
Afghanistan: Rugged country, aging weapons
Profiles of Middle East countries
Potential U.S. partners
Military bases in the Middle East
The Taliban's rise to power
Explaining the Taliban

Terrorism and diplomacy collide in the Middle East

Remote Afghan village slowly starving to death
BONAVASH, Afghanistan — The village of Bonavash is slowly starving, and the people of this remote mountain location are eating grass.

Britain's Blair visits Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — British Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Afghanistan early Tuesday to show a commitment to the reconstruction of a nation after a war he enthusiastically supported.

Saddam vows Iraq will defeat any foreign attack
BAGHDAD, Iraq – President Saddam Hussein on Sunday vowed that Iraq's army would defeat any foreign attack and shrugged off reports that the United States might extend its campaign against terrorism to Iraq.

Sunday, Jan. 6
U.S. Marine from Afghanistan contemplates former home
Karzai promises to rescue his country

Saturday, Jan. 5
Chirac says countries must fight terrorism
U.S. envoy arrives in Afghanistan

Friday, Jan. 4
Pakistan expected to turn over Taliban's former ambassador
Iranian cleric condemns America
Turkey to U.S.: Do not target Iraq
Ex-Taliban ambassador arrested

Thursday, Jan. 3
Ex-Taliban ambassador to Pakistan detained
Taliban prisoners freed
Moderate earthquake shakes Afghan capital
India says terrorism must end

Tuesday, Jan. 1
Mazar-e-Sharif skirmishes continue

Sunday, Dec. 30
Agreement finalized on peacekeeping force in Afghanistan
Pakistan freezes science accounts
India says Islamic militants are lying low due to U.S. pressure on Pakistan

Friday, Dec. 28
Taliban still pose threat to Afghans

Wednesday, Dec. 26
Old game, new rules: Afghans catch soccer match - without Taliban restrictions

Monday, Dec. 24

Karzai appoints defense minister
Israel bars Arafat from Bethlehem

Saturday, Dec. 22
Hamas announces suicide attacks halt
Afghan leaders set for interim gov't
Hamid Karzai sworn in as Afghan prime minister
Musharraf: bin Laden may be dead
Palestinian mourn dead in infighting
Palestinian-Israeli conflict halts influx of Christmas pilgrims
Arafat intends to go to Bethlehem
New Afghan cabinet has first meeting
World applauds new Afghan government

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