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A U.S. Air
Force special operations soldier walks by an Afghan boy as others loyal
to the northern alliance look on, in Khwaja Bahuaddin, Afghanistan, Thursday,
Nov. 15, 2001. Two helicopters with small U.S. Special Forces teams provided
security for Andrew Natsios, the director of U.S. Agency for International
Development, who visited the longtime northern alliance stronghold to review
projects funded by the U.S. aid agency.U.S. Weapons of War • Special forces Weapons Positions How-to enter an area of operations • Fighter aircraft Closeup: AC-130 Gunship • Bombers • Cruise missiles • Carriers • Helicopters • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles • U.S. military leaders Graphics: • Latest military action • Week 2: Military action • Week 1: Military action • Biological & Chemical warfare • Helicopter warfare • Potential U.S. partners • Military bases in the Middle East • American troops mobilize • Levels of mobilization Video: • Mike Gooding of WVEC-TV in Norfolk, Va., reports from the USS Carl Vinson with video courtesy of Reuters |
U.S. military puts strike team near prison
WASHINGTON — A small team of U.S. soldiers has assembled outside the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif to serve as a quick-reaction force in case of renewed Taliban resistance, officials said Wednesday.
Pentagon orders airstrikes
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon ordered airstrikes Tuesday on an Afghan compound southeast of Kandahar after receiving information it was being used by senior leaders of the Taliban and of al-Qaida and another alleged terrorist group.
U.S. Marines patrol deserts around base in Afghanistan – Humvees loaded with anti-tank weapons and heavy machine guns rolled out on patrol Tuesday from the remote desert base U.S. Marines have established in the Taliban's back yard.
Tuesday, Nov. 27
• U.S. Forces Help Quash Taliban Riot
Monday, Nov. 26
• Bin Laden has options for eluding capture
• German planes begin supply flights
• 12 Russian planes land in Kabul
• Britain confirms four injured
• Marines intensify hunt for terrorists
• President welcomes two aid workers
• Florida commands U.S. forces in Afghanistan
• List of U.S. Central Command leaders
• U.S. Central Command area
Sunday, Nov. 25
• Two American aid workers return to U.S.
• Race to Kunduz: grab those pickup trucks!
Saturday, Nov. 24
• Divers recover body of sailor
Thursday, Nov. 22
• Aircraft carriers, bombers prove worthy
• Bush joins troops for turkey, talk
Wednesday, Nov. 21
• U.S.: War ends only with destruction of al-Qaida
• Sailors roast 3,000 pounds of turkey
• Marines ready; helicopter down
Tuesday, Nov. 20
• Getting out the war message
• Pentagon planning to send Marines
• Into the caves: Searching for bin Laden
• A look at Afghanistan's tunnels, caves
• U.S. food aid popular at market
Monday, Nov. 19
• Rumsfeld hopes Afghans will flush out bin Laden
Sunday, Nov. 18
• U.S. sailors missing after tanker sinks
• Reporter had rare view of Kabul bombing
Friday, Nov. 16
• Rescued Americans celebrate freedom
• U.S. troops avoid harm's way, so far
• Overseas troops on duty
• U.S. fighting in Afghanistan
• France sends troops
• British troops won't police Afghanistan
Thursday, Nov. 15
• Freed aid workers land in Pakistan
• Noose tightening on bin Laden
• Aid worker recounts harrowing rescue
Wednesday, Nov. 14
• Status of aid workers unknown
• Cheney says Taliban on the run but Afghan mission not yet complete
• Pentagon says Taliban may be regrouping
Tuesday, Nov. 13
• U.S. Special Forces in Kabul
Sunday, Nov. 11
• U.N. to ship aid from Uzbekistan
• British soldiers are in Afghanistan
• Suspected mass destruction weapon sites bombed
Saturday, Nov. 10
• USS Enterprise comes home
Thursday, Nov. 8
• U.S. sailor falls overboard
Wednesday, Nov. 7
• American secret warriors help Afghans
• Italy to send 2,700 troops
• U.S. special forces not directing rebels
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