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U.S. keeps pressure on al-Qaida
Times Staff WriterSurviving leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network are repeatedly trying to regroup at a warren of caves and bunkers in eastern Afghanistan, despite three attacks on the complex in four days by U.S. warplanes, senior Pentagon officials said yesterday....Tags: Armed Conflicts, Transportation Accidents, Government, U.S. Navy, Afghanistan
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Tora Bora mountain search runs dry
Tribune staff reporterThe commander of the American war effort in Afghanistan said troops will leave the mountainous region of Tora Bora by midweek without finding clues to the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden. Gen. Tommy Franks said the weekslong search of the eastern region...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Death, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Mohammed Omar
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U.S. jets kill at least 14 Taliban in Afghanistan offensive
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. jets pounded a Taliban mountain hide-out yesterday, killing at least 14 insurgents in the deadliest air assault since rebels launched a series of strikes against Afghan government targets, U.S. and Afghan officials said....Tags: Heads of State, Death, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Military, Transportation Accidents
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Al-Qaida is finished, Afghans say
Associated PressTORA BORA, Afghanistan - Afghan tribal fighters said yesterday that they had taken the last al-Qaida positions, but U.S. Gen. Tommy Franks cautioned that "it's going to be a while" before Tora Bora is fully under control and Secretary of State Colin L....Tags: ABC (tv network), Hospitals and Clinics, Armed Conflicts, Government, Afghanistan
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Effects of Sept. 11 attacks fade for many Americans, poll finds
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON-Americans are turning inward and putting less faith in government as the aftershocks of last Sept. 11 fade, a new national poll has found. Half the country reports that everyday life is basically the same now as it was before the terror...Tags: Heads of State, George W. Bush, Republican Party, National Government, Iraq
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U.S. bombs eastern al-Qaida compound
From Wire ReportsWASHINGTON - U.S. bombers struck a military compound yesterday in eastern Afghanistan where members of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network were regrouping, the Pentagon said. It was the first American airstrike in almost a week. The strike reflected a U....Tags: Armed Conflicts, Government, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Navy
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Green Beret is killed in Afghanistan
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - An Army special forces soldier was killed yesterday during a firefight in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, the first member of the U.S. military to die from hostile fire in the 3-month-old conflict, defense officials said. A CIA...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Transportation Accidents, Arms, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda
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A year of turmoil
Sept. 11, 2001 8:48 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into One World Trade Center, the north tower. 9:03 a.m. United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into Two World Trade Center, the south tower. 9:45 a.m. American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the...Tags: George W. Bush, U.S. Airways, FBI, Afghanistan, Somerset County (Maryland)
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Many insurgents killed in raids led by U.S., Afghan official says
Associated PressQALAT, Afghanistan - Afghan and U.S. forces scoured gorges and rugged mountain peaks in southern Zabul for suspected Taliban fleeing fighting that left scores of insurgents dead, an Afghan commander said yesterday. While Afghan officials claimed victory,...Tags: Heads of State, Death, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Military
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U.S. bombers target eastern Afghanistan
Associated PressKHOWST, Afghanistan - The United States intensified its anti-terror campaign in turbulent eastern Afghanistan yesterday, dropping bombs on suspected al-Qaida and Taliban hideouts as a small group of U.S. special forces searched for renegade followers of...Tags: Death, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Military, Mohammed Omar
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The hunt for bin Laden, the search for peace
Sun Foreign StaffAKIKH, Afghanistan -- The 14-year-old boy knelt on the rocky ground in these arid mountains near the Pakistan border, arms folded on his chest. Spread out before him was a small arsenal: a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, a mortar, two assault rifles,...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Family, Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, Vehicles
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Leaving the safety of Maryland, Afghan man takes on the warlords
Sun Foreign StaffKABUL, Afghanistan - His job is best described by the movie High Noon. In that tale, a retiring lawman in the American West ignored the advice of his fearful friends by choosing to return to town to confront an outlaw just released from jail and his...Tags: Government Ministers, Government, Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Guerrilla Activity
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