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Pentagon Targeting Taliban and Al-Qaida Leadership

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U.S. airstrikes today focused on a compound near Kandahar believed to be occupied by senior Taliban and al-Qaida officials. Pentagon officials said it's unclear if any of those officials were killed in the attacks.

Foreign Aid Workers Freed From Taliban Prison

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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.

Alliance Moves Toward Kunduz; Taliban Leader Defiant

U.S. warplanes focused their latest military assault on Kunduz, the last major town in Northern Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban. According to an opposition commander, some 20,000 Taliban fighters and al-Qaida members remain in the town.

Taliban Retreats Southward, Unrest Reported in Kandahar

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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.

Taliban Abandons Afghan Capital

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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.

Taliban Opposition Claims Capture of Herat, Movement Toward Kabul

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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.

Bombing Continues, Taliban Garrison Hit

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United States jets today reportedly hit a Taliban garrison in northern Afghanistan and destroy a hydroelectric dam complex in the southwest.

Heavy Bombing of Front Lines Yields Progress, Pentagon Says

As U.S. warplanes launched the most intense bombardment of Taliban front lines to date, the Pentagon reported that the U.S. military campaign had successfully degraded the Taliban's military capability.

Taliban Reportedly Executes Top Opposition Leader

Taliban leaders said today they had captured and executed Abdul Haq, a top opposition official considered central to the effort to build a broad-based post-Taliban government.

U.S. Strikes Hit Red Cross; Taliban Resistance Still Strong

U.S. airstrikes on Afghanistan continued into the Muslim holy day, concentrating on targets in the Afghan capital of Kabul and mistakenly hitting a Red Cross compound for the second time since the military campaign began.