U.S. Strikes Back
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U.S. Navy, Carly J. Cranston / AP
In this handout picture from the U.S. Navy made available
Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, an F-14 Tomcat lands aboard the U.S.S. Theodore
Roosevelt at sea Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001. The Roosevelt and her embarked
aircraft are deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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More Americans to be sent to Tora Bora — WASHINGTON — U.S. soldiers are keeping their focus on searching mountain caves and tunnels in Afghanistan that once held al-Qaida members as the Pentagon introduces a new weapon to kill those inside such underground complexes.
U.S. warplanes attack Afghan convoy — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — U.S. warplanes on Friday attacked a convoy that the Pentagon said was carrying Taliban or al-Qaida leaders in Afghanistan. But an Afghan official said the trucks were bringing tribal leaders loyal to the new government to the capital.
7,000 Taliban, al-Qaida being held — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — About 7,000 people suspected of having ties to the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network are being held and interrogated in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against terrorism said Friday.
Friday, Dec. 21
• Bush vows bin Laden will be found
Thursday, Dec. 20
• American Taliban fighter says he was in force funded by bin Laden
• U.S. officials interrogating prisoners
• Troops surround last few al-Qaida fugitives in cave
Wednesday, Dec. 19
• American forces take custody of more prisoners, seeking information on Osama bin Laden
• Senior German official says Somalia will be next target in America's war on terrorism, U.S. denies it
• U.S. shifts focus in Afghanistan
• U.S. jets focus on reconnaissance
• U.S. takes more POWs in Afghanistan
Tuesday, Dec. 18
• Tribal forces say al-Qaida defeated
• British peacekeeping troops expected by Saturday
• Yemen attack aims at al-Qaida
• Hunt for bin Laden, Omar continues
• Three al-Qaeda fighters in U.S. custody
• Captured al-Qaida paraded before media
• Marines raise WTC flag in Kandahar
• Retreating al-Qaeda under fire
• Afghan fighters pull back heavy weaponry
Monday, Dec. 17
• U.S. Marine loses foot to mine
Sunday, Dec. 16
• 3 U.S. Marines injured
• Victory declared over al-Qaida
Saturday, Dec. 15
• Al-Qaida fighters offer to surrender
• Official: bin Laden's voice detected
• Tora Bora fighters may be crumbling
• 50 Al-Qaida POWs taken at Tora Bora
• Marines plan POW site at seized Kandahar Airport
Friday, Dec. 14
• Americans wounded in Afghan battle
Thursday, Dec. 13
• Source: Bin Laden believed surrounded
• Tora Bora airstrikes intensify as deadline passes
Wednesday, Dec. 12
• Kandahar without security, basic services
• Alliance demands al-Qaida surrender
• U.S. bomber goes into Indian Ocean
Tuesday, Dec. 11
• Afghan fighters search al-Qaida caves
• Fighters overrun Tora Bora caves
• Bombs may not reach deep within caves
Monday, Dec. 10
• U.S. occupies embassy in Kabul
• Marines bar Kandahar escape routes
• Hunt for Osama bin Laden continues
Sunday, Dec. 9
• U.S. warplanes unleash assault on Tora Bora
Saturday, Dec. 8
• U.S. fighter jets target troops, caves in hunt for bin Laden
• U.S. forces pursue Taliban fighters
Friday, Dec. 7
• Omar is a hunted man
• Kandahar Taliban begin surrender, report says
• Defeat isolates al-Qaida fighters
• Marines attack Taliban convoy
• Tora Bora caves attacked
• Surrender is often a messy affair
• Taliban flee Kandahar
Thursday, Dec. 6
• Taliban official says surrender of Kandahar to begin Friday
• U.S. warplanes hammer Taliban positions
• Peacekeepers will go to Afghanistan
• U.S. bombing remains intense
• White House refuses Omar deal
• Marines fire mortars
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