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U.S. Marine
Cpl. Christopher Brussard from Sumrall, Miss., left, and U.S. Marine Sgt.
Vernon Pitts from Philadelphia, Penn., right, raise the American flag during
the flag raising flag at the U.S Embassy in Kabul Monday Dec.17, 2001. The
flag is the same flag taken down from this same flagpole on Jan. 30, 1989.
The Embassy has been abandoned since 1989 and is reopening as a liason office.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: • Biological & Chemical warfare • Helicopter warfare • Potential U.S. partners • Military bases in the Middle East • American troops mobilize • Levels of mobilization |
Germany votes for Afghan troops — BERLIN — German lawmakers on Saturday overwhelmingly approved sending up to 1,200 troops for the international force protecting the new Afghan administration.
U.S. presses search for bin Laden — American troops will be sent into Afghanistan's abandoned al-Qaida cave complex to press the search for Osama bin Laden, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said Friday.
Peacekeepers arrive in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The first British peacekeepers flew into Afghanistan on Thursday as the United Nations approved their mission to help the nation heal after decades of war. Even as they landed, the Afghan defense minister insisted they would have no authority to use force.
Tuesday, Dec. 18
• Rumsfeld says remaining military task in Afghanistan will be 'tough, dirty, hard work'
Monday, Dec. 17
• Omar believed to be near Kandahar
• Carrier on its way home
• Australian Taliban handed over
• U.S. will help Afghanistan rebuild
• British peacekeepers coming
• U.S. Embassy reopens
• Four prisoners escape from hospital
• Food drops scaled back
• Sailors learn to fire shotguns
Sunday, Dec. 16
• Rumsfeld arrives in Afghanistan
• Franks reports Tora Bora progress
• Young Marine sees native land
• Carrier crew enjoys day off
Friday, Dec. 14
• Rumsfeld: Fighting pushes enemy back
• American Walker moved to Navy ship
Thursday, Dec. 13
• Injured Taliban fighters threaten to blow themselves up
Wednesday, Dec. 12
• War focuses on Taliban, al-Qaida leaders
• U.S. agencies to question American Taliban
• More satellite-guided bombs needed
• 'American Taliban' writes letter to family
• Officials doubt American Taliban warning
Tuesday, Dec. 11
• Hunt for bin Laden could take months
• Taliban prisoner deaths investigated
• Does shipping container hold John Walker?
• U.S. military seeks final targets
• Pentagon builds Afghan jail, expecting valuable prisoners
• Australian captured with al-Qaida background
Monday, Dec. 10
• Powell meets with Spann's CIA partner
• Slain CIA officer buried
• News media protest lack of access to wounded
• Service held for dead soldiers
• Pentagon: War "ain't over yet"
Saturday, Dec. 8
• Injured U.S. troops recall blast
• U.S. Marines bury Afghan fighter
Friday, Dec. 7
• Afghan opposition fighters undergo surgery
• Newsweek reports Spann probed Walker
• Fort Benning welcoming home Rangers
• U.S. forces fire on Taliban
• Wounded U.S. soldiers flown to Germany
Thursday, Dec. 6
• 'Smart' weapon popular
• Remains of two U.S. soldiers arrive
• U.S. bombing near caves
• CIA officer Johnny Spann remembered
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