Operations
Defense Policy / Programs
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Defense Industry
Other Conflicts
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Operations

• AFGHAN / PENTAGON VOA 20 Nov. 2001-- U-S forces in Afghanistan continue to hunt Osama bin Laden
• AFGHAN FIGHTING VOA 20 Nov. 2001-- In Afghanistan, talks are continuing between hard-line fighters of the Taleban militia and the Northern alliance over the fate of two cities. The Taleban are still clinging to their last strongholds, but non-Afghan Taleban fighters are fearful of what will happen to them if they surrender to the Alliance

  Video footage, and pre- and post-strike aerials of airstrikes, used during DoD news briefing
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  Footage showing Nov. 15, 2001, airstrike on a major Taliban and al Qaeda supply complex funded by Osama bin Laden at Pewar Kandar in eastern Afghanistan, consisting of buildings, bunkers, and underground storage facilities. According to DoD, it had been used as a supply depot and training camp for terrorist operations	Footage showing Nov. 15, 2001, airstrike on a Taliban tank south of Kandahar that was seeking cover in a wadi
  Footage showing Nov. 18, 2001, airstrike on an armored vehicle formation near Kunduz	Footage showing a Nov. 18, 2001, direct hit on isolated Taliban forces occupying a trench system outside of Taliqan

  
  

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: DoD News Briefing - ASD PA Clarke and Rear Adm. Stufflebeem 20 Nov. 2001 -- "The U.S. military will soon begin to work with coalition members in the area to clear selected roads in and around Mazar-e Sharif to pave the way for future humanitarian assistance operations. (..) Operational efforts were primarily focused, and continue to be so, on al Qaeda and Taliban cave and tunnel complexes, Taliban and al Qaeda forces in the Konduz and Kandahar regions. We used about 65 strike aircraft yesterday. About 50 of those were tactical jet aircraft from sea-based platforms, approximately 10 land-based tactical jets, and about the same number of long-range bombers."
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Humanitarian Activities in Afghanistan 20 Nov. 2001-- U.S. has supported Afghan people for decades

US Domestic Responses

International Responses

• AFGHAN POL VOA 20 Nov. 2001-- U-N officials say the Afghan political talks expected to take place in Germany next week are aimed at setting up a broad-based transitional administration in Kabul now that the Taleban has lost control of near all of the territory it once held
• AFGHAN/UN VOA 20 Nov. 2001-- The United Nations says it has reached agreement with nearly all of Afghanistan's major political factions to hold talks on a future for the war-ravaged country.
• U-N/AFGHANISTAN TALKS VOA 20 Nov. 2001-- The chief United Nations representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, has confirmed that talks aimed at establishing an interim government in Afghanistan will start on Monday.
• U-S / AFGHAN REBUILDING VOA 20 Nov. 2001-- Delegates from more than 20 countries have convened in Washington for a conference to plan for the post-Taleban reconstruction of Afghanistan
• INDIA/TERRORISM LAW VOA 20 Nov. 2001-- In India, human rights groups and opposition political parties strongly oppose a tough new anti-terrorism law the government wants to pass in the current session of Parliament
• Nations Around the World Start Planning to Help Afghanistan Recovery USIA 20 Nov. 2001-- UNDP chief says U.S. sponsored meeting will lead off efforts

Defense Industry

• BAE SYSTEMS Tactical IR countermeasure passes major milestone BAE Systems 20 Nov 2001 -- The U.S. Navy's Tactical Aircraft Directable Infrared Countermeasure System (TADIRCM) has successfully defeated an infrared surface-to-air missile in a live fire test using BAE Systems Agile-EyeTM infrared jam head and laser.
• Lockheed Martin Conducts Second Successful Netfires Technology Demonstration Test Lockheed Martin 20 Nov 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control recently conducted a successful Boost Test Vehicle (BTV-1) flight test demonstration of technology related to the company's NetFires Loitering Attack Missile (LAM).
• Israel Aircraft Industries' HUNTER Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) receives Praise From the United States Department Of Defense for its role In the Kosovo- Macedonia Arena Israel Aerospace Industries 20 Nov 2001 -- Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) HUNTER Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) received praise from the United States Department Of Defense's (DOD) senior defense officials.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY GENERAL United Nations 20 Nov 2001
• HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING BY DEPUTY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR United Nations 20 Nov 2001

News Reports