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

Operations

• AFGHANISTAN / FRANKS VOA 21 Nov. 2001-- The U-S general in charge of the American military campaign in Afghanistan says he is pleased with the progress of the operation. Still, he a great deal of work is left to be done
• Afghan Warlords VOA 21 Nov. 2001-- As the Taleban have lost their grip on Afghanistan, regional commanders or warlords have reclaimed the territory they lost. Observers say the country has the look of the early 1990's before the Taleban came to power. The question is will the warlords cooperate or will they revert to the kind of warfare that led to breakdown and the Taleban conquest
• AFGHAN/CHEMWAR VOA 21 Nov. 2001-- U-S officials have begun scouring suspected chemical and biological weapons sites in Afghanistan used by the al-Qaida terrorist network
• AFGHAN/PENTAGON VOA 21 Nov. 2001-- Top U-S defense officials say Osama bin Laden is a fugitive without a future and they are taking new steps to track him down along with other members of the al-Qaida terrorist group
• AFGHAN / SHIPS VOA 21 Nov. 2001-- U-S defense officials say they are widening the search net for Osama bin Laden and other members of the al-Qaida terrorist group.

  Video footage of airstrikes, used during DoD news briefing
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  Footage showing airstrike on a tank from the past weekend. The star in the upper left-hand part of the picture is from a previous strike	Footage showing airstrike on two fuel tanks -- tanker trucks. The target is the front truck, but it is in such close proximity to the other that they both are eliminated
  Footage showing airstrike on an armored personnel carrier that is in between two buildings	Footage showing one of several strikes on a series of vehicles that are parked at what the DoD believes is a maintenance facility

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• DoD News Briefing - Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz and Gen. Pace 21 Nov. 2001 -- "About 90 to 100 aircraft strikes were flown in support of the opposition forces. Some of that was not as effective as it might have been otherwise because of the weather. (...) Also, we were able to continue to strike the cave and tunnel complexes, where the leadership may be hiding."
• Bush Promises Military All It Needs to Win Long Battle Ahead 21 Nov. 2001-- "This mission will require sacrifice by our men and women in uniform. America appreciates that sacrifice," Bush said. "And I make a promise in return: Our military will have everything you need to win in the long battle that lies ahead. You'll have every resource, every weapon, every possible tool to ensure full victory for the cause of freedom."
• UN Convening Talks on Broad-based Afghan Government 21 Nov. 2001-- The Coalition spokesman in Islamabad, Kenton Keith, said the United Nations had made progress on convening talks to promote a broad-based, multi-ethnic government in Afghanistan, and that the talks would most likely take place in Berlin early next week. Keith spoke in Islamabad on November 21.

US Domestic Responses

International Responses

• PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDP ADMINISTRATOR ON AFGHANISTAN United Nations 21 Nov 2001
• AFGHAN/AID AGENCIES VOA 21 Nov. 2001-- Relief agencies are calling for the rapid deployment of a multi-national force to help establish and maintain order in Afghanistan
• U-N / AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION VOA 21 Nov. 2001-- U-N development chief Mark Malloch-Brown says a dollar figure on the cost of reconstruction in Afghanistan will probably be known by January
• TERRORISM / CHINA-MUSLIMS VOA 21 Nov. 2001-- China says its crackdown against Muslim separatists in Xinjiang is part of the international campaign against terrorism. Some observers are concerned that China may be using the current war on terrorism as an excuse to expand its own suppression of human rights
• AFGHAN / TALEBAN VOA 21 Nov. 2001-- The Taleban says it will fight to death to defend its ground in Afghanistan. The Islamic militia claims it has no communication with Osama bin Laden and does not know where he is

Defense Industry

• BAE SYSTEMS awarded Future Carrier Programme Assessment Stage 2 contract BAE Systems 21 Nov 2001 -- BAE Systems welcomes the award of a 25 million contract for the next stage of the UK's Future Carrier Programme. This new stage will run for one year to November 2002 and should mark the end of the competitive phase.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY GENERAL United Nations 21 Nov 2001
• PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT United Nations 21 Nov 2001

News Reports

• WTC DEATH TOLL VOA 21 Nov. 2001-- The number of people listed as dead or missing in the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center in New York is falling sharply, as errors in the original count are being resolved
• TALEBAN/LEGACY VOA 21 Nov. 2001-- In Afghanistan, the Taleban is vowing to fight on. But its authority has now crumbled across much of the country in the face of a relentless bombing campaign by the United States and a fresh onslaught from opposition forces.