Nation Nov 28 CIA Confirms American Killed in Afghan Prison Uprising Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet today confirmed the death of a CIA officer during a bloody prison uprising near the Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif.
Nation Nov 27 U.S. Operations Concentrate Around Kandahar, Tora Bora U.S. warplanes pounded Taliban positions around Kandahar Tuesday as more U.S. Marines landed at a base near the last Taliban-controlled city.
Nation Nov 27 Afghan Factions Meet in Germany Representatives from four Afghan ethnic and political groups began talks today near Bonn, Germany aimed at forging an outline for a post-Taliban power-sharing government.
Nation Nov 19 Hunt for Osama Bin Laden Intensifies As the Taliban retreats, the U.S. is adding more commandos to the chase and aiming airstrikes at hide-outs near the border with Pakistan, officials said today.
Nation Nov 16 Air Raids Continue on First Day of Ramadan The Pentagon today said U.S. air and ground assaults against Afghanistan's Taliban militia would continue as usual, despite the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Nation Nov 16 Jailed Writer to Take Case to Supreme Court Texas writer Vanessa Leggett, jailed for refusing to turn over her research on a local murder to a grand jury, will take her case to the U.S. Supreme Court, her lawyer said today.
Nation Nov 15 Foreign Aid Workers Freed From Taliban Prison Eight foreign aid workers detained in Afghanistan for over three months were freed by anti-Taliban forces early Thursday morning and whisked out of Afghanistan by U.S. Special Forces helicopters.
Nation Nov 14 Taliban Retreats Southward, Unrest Reported in Kandahar Opposition forces reportedly take the cities of Jalalabad and the airport outside the southern city of Kandahar, as Afghanistan's Taliban regime continues to crumble.
Nation Nov 13 Taliban Abandons Afghan Capital Filling the void left by fleeing Taliban forces, the opposition Northern Alliance took Kabul early this morning, forcing the United Nations to speed creation of a post-Taliban government.
Nation Nov 12 Taliban Opposition Claims Capture of Herat, Movement Toward Kabul Leaders in the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance today said opposition forces have captured the western city of Herat and advanced to within a few miles of the Afghan capital of Kabul.