26 December 2001 Military News |
- PENTAGON/AFGHANISTAN VOA 26 Dec. 2001-- U-S forces launched Operation Enduring Freedom this year in response to the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that left some three-thousand dead.
- AFGHAN PEACEKEEPERS VOA 26 Dec. 2001-- More foreign peacekeeping troops are expected to be deployed in Kabul within the next few days. Afghanistan's new Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah made the announcement in Kabul Wednesday following a cabinet meeting of the new interim government
Government Statements and Transcripts
- Text: Powell Names Two Groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations 26 Dec. 2001-- Secretary of State Colin Powell has added two groups to the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations, accusing them of committing "numerous terrorist attacks in India and Pakistan."
- Text: Remembering the One Hundred Days Since September 11 26 Dec. 2001-- Op-ed by U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong Michael Klosson
News Reports
- AFGHAN/PENTAGON VOA 26 Dec. 2001-- The Pentagon had no comment on the latest videotaped message from Osama bin Laden
- BIN LADEN AL JAZEERA VOA 26 Dec. 2001-- Accused terrorist Osama bin Laden surfaced on Qatar-based al-Jazeera television Wednesday with a videotape broadcast denouncing the West as haters of Islam.
- AFGHAN WRAP VOA 26 Dec. 2001-- Afghanistan's four-day old interim government held its second cabinet meeting Wednesday, as it moves to establish unity and security in the country after more that two decades of conflict
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