Dec 04 Battles in Kandahar "Have Just Begun" More than 1,300 U.S. Marines are now based at an airbase southwest of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. The forces are already patrolling the area, hoping to cutoff any attempt by Taliban fighters to escape from the besieged city. Continue reading
Dec 04 Pentagon Announces Successful Missile Defense Test In a test shoot-down, the United States military successfully hit a dummy missile warhead over the Pacific Ocean yesterday, advancing missile defense plans opposed by Russia and China. Continue reading
Dec 04 Cable Companies Cut Deal With Excite@Home Several major cable providers struck a deal with troubled Internet provider Excite@Home that will keep their subscribers connected to the company's broadband network for the next three months. Continue reading
Dec 04 MSNBC Cuts Online Staff Despite a spike in Internet news site visitors since the Sept. 11 attacks, MSNBC.com is laying off 9 percent of its workforce, or around 18 staff members. Continue reading
Dec 02 Excite@Home Severs Some Broadband Service Bankrupt Internet provider Excite@Home cut off Internet access to 850,000 AT&T Broadband subscribers Saturday after talks with AT&T to work out a new service agreement fell through. Continue reading
Nov 30 Anti-Taliban Forces Move in on Kandahar By Admin Aided by heavy U.S. airstrikes, anti-Taliban tribesmen pressed toward the Taliban's last remaining stronghold of Kandahar on Friday, as American officials warned of potential violence against forces in the region. Continue reading
Nov 30 Afghan Talks Advance Amid Ethnic, Political Tensions By Admin In a sign of how difficult it will be to form a post-Taliban government, the head of the Northern Alliance in Kabul rejected some key points devised at the Bonn meeting and an ethnic Pashtun representative walked out of the… Continue reading
Nov 30 World Mourns Death of "Quiet Beatle" Singer, guitarist and songwriter George Harrison succumbed to cancer at a friend's Los Angeles home Thursday afternoon. His wife Olivia and son Dhani, 24, were at his side. Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Afghanistan's Future Margaret Warner examines the ongoing talks about Afghanistan's political future with Steven Erlanger, Berlin bureau chief for the New York Times. Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Afghan Battles On the 55th day of U.S. strikes on Afghanistan, Independent Television News reports on the military and humanitarian situation there, and Kwame Holman reports on the Pentagon assessment of the Afghan campaign. Continue watching