Operations
Defense Policy / Programs
Government Statements and Transcripts
US Domestic Responses
International Responses
Defense Industry
Other Conflicts
News Reports

Operations

• Military Campaign in Afghanistan to Continue During Ramadan USIA 16 Nov. 2001-- U.S. officials cite need to complete mission
• AFGHAN / OSAMA WRAP VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- : U-S officials believe a top official in Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network has been killed in American air-strikes in Afghanistan
• AFGHAN / PENTAGON VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says U-S troops are killing Taleban and al-Qaida forces who do not surrender.
• BRITAIN / AFGHAN VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- Britain has sent about 100 troops to an airbase near Kabul to support humanitarian relief efforts in Afghanistan. The move comes as the World Food Program makes plans to expand operations in the country
• AFGHAN / ATTACKS VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- Taleban forces in Afghanistan stand defiant in their southern stronghold and are mounting a fierce defense of a besieged northern city against the Northern Alliance even as U-S warplanes bomb from the air
• JAPAN/MILITARY VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- Japan's cabinet has approved a plan for the nation's military to provide rear-guard support to the U-S-led war on terrorism

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  Footage showing Nov. 14, 2001, airstrike on an isolated Taliban command bunker near the town of Taloqan

  
  

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: Rumsfeld Says He Cannot Confirm Atef's Death 16 Nov. 2001-- The secretary also said it is unlikely that the Taliban's Mullah Muhammad Omar and al-Qaida's bin Laden have escaped Afghanistan and entered Pakistan.
• Text: Former South African President Mandela Condemns Terrorism 16 Nov. 2001-- Mandela: "It is not clear that we have already fully comprehended the implications and consequences of what happened on that day, but surely the world will not be the same after those events."
• Transcript: Enduring Freedom Operational Update - Rear Adm. Stufflebeem 16 Nov. 2001 -- "I think it's fair to say that the Taliban have now lost control of over two-thirds of Afghanistan. The northern opposition groups continue to make gains south of Kabul and around Herat. Many Taliban opposition groups are consolidating their gains from last week, reducing the number of Taliban pockets of resistance, and especially so around Kunduz. Anti-Taliban opposition groups in southern Afghanistan continue to attack Taliban forces and are approaching Ghazni and Jalalabad"

US Domestic Responses

• PENTAGON/TERROR TRIALS VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- Pentagon officials are busy developing plans and procedures for special military tribunals to try accused foreign terrorists detained in the wake of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
• TERRORISM-CIVIL LIBERTIES VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- While the Bush Administration continues to receive kudos for its military campaign in Afghanistan, criticism is mounting in the United States over its domestic war on terrorism

International Responses

• PHILIPPINES / TERRORISM VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- Worldwide attention on Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida network has so far focused largely on the group's activities training terrorists in Afghanistan
• AFGHAN / PEACEKEEPING VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- Several countries have now expressed willingness to contribute soldiers to an international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan. The composition of the proposed force, which would be responsible for maintaining order in the war torn country, will be especially sensitive in Afghanistan.
• U-N / AFGHAN / AID VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- United Nations agencies are beginning to move their foreign staff back into Afghanistan as they push to increase humanitarian aid deliveries before the onset of winter
• RUSSIA / NORTHERN ALLIANCE VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- Russia is sending a high-level delegation to northern Afghanistan for talks on the political situation, following the collapse of the Taleban government

Defense Industry

• Eurofighter DA4 re-enters flight test programme BAE Systems 16 Nov 2001 -- Eurofighter DA4, one of the two development aircraft based at BAE Systems Warton, has recently re-entered the flight test programme following an extensive period on lay-up.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY GENERAL United Nations 16 Nov 2001

News Reports

• PRESS BRIEFING ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN United Nations 16 Nov 2001
• AFGHAN POL VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- The sudden collapse of Afghanistan's ruling Taleban has created a power vacuum in that country. After five years of strict rule by the Islamic militia, various factions are moving in to take power in cities and provinces
• AFGHAN CHRISTIANS VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- Two American women who are Christian aid workers say their escape from Afghanistan was a miracle after three months of detention in Taleban jails.
• AFGHAN / RUMSFELD VOA 16 Nov. 2001-- The 21st century U-S military is not quite shaping up to be the all ultra-modern fighting force originally envisioned by the Bush administration

• Lockheed Martin-Built Genesis Spacecraft Successfully Placed in Orbit Lockheed Martin 16 Nov 2001 -- The Genesis spacecraft, designed and built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems - Astronautics Operations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was successfully placed in orbit today around the "L1" point between the Earth and the Sun.