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541 events in this timeline

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  1. 2001-10-20 October 20, 2001: US Special Forces Little Used in Afghanistan for Fear of Casualties
  2. 2001-10-25 October 25, 2001: Afghan Resistance Leader Killed
  3. 2001-10-31 October 31, 2001: CNN Chairman: Balance Coverage of Afghan Civilian Casualties with Reminders that Taliban Helped Kill Americans on 9/11
  4. 2001-11-03 November 3, 2001: US Is Said to Be Relying on ISI for Intelligence in Afghan War
  5. 2001-11-07 November 7, 2001: Bin Laden Claims to Have Weapons of Mass Destruction
  6. 2001-11-09 November 9, 2001: Taliban Loses Control of Northern Afghanistan
  7. 2001-11-13 November 13, 2001: Kabul Falls to Northern Alliance; Rest of Country Soon Follows
  8. 2001-11-13 November 13, 2001: Al-Qaeda Convoy Flees to Tora Bora; US Fails to Attack
  9. 2001-11-14 November 14-25, 2001: US Secretly Authorizes Airlift of Pakistani and Taliban Fighters
  10. 2001-11-15 November 15, 2001: Al-Qaeda Leader Reported Killed in Bombing Raid
  11. 2001-11-16 November 16, 2001: Some Al-Qaeda and Taliban Leaders Reportedly Escape Afghanistan
  12. 2001-11-16 November 16, 2001: Tora Bora Battle Begins
  13. 2001-11-20 November 20, 2001: Neoconservative: US Must Realize It Is Involved in ‘World War IV’
  14. 2001-11-21 November 21, 2001: Opium Boom in Afghanistan
  15. 2001-11-25 November 25, 2001: Bin Laden Reportedly Gives Last Public Speech to Followers
  16. 2001-11-25 November 25, 2001: US Troops Arrive in Kandahar Amid Talk of a Secret Deal
  17. 2001-11-26 November 26, 2001: US Marines Land in Kandahar instead of Tora Bora
  18. 2001-11-28 November 28-30, 2001: Bin Laden Reportedly Crosses Border to Pakistan
  19. 2001-11-28 November 28, 2001: Bin Laden Reportedly Escapes Tora Bora by Helicopter
  20. 2001-11-29 November 29, 2001: US and Pakistan Return Convicted Drug Warlord to Afghanistan
  21. 2001-12-05 December 5-17, 2001: Ground Battle for Tora Bora Rages but Is Later Called ‘Grand Charade’
  22. 2001-12-05 December 5, 2001: Head of US Marines Not Allowed to Send His Troops to Tora Bora
  23. 2001-12-08 December 8-14, 2001: British Special Forces ‘20 Minutes behind’ Bin Laden, but Are Called Off
  24. 2001-12-10 December 10, 2001: Pakistani Troops Start to Guard Parts of Tora Bora Border but Then Withdraw
  25. 2001-12-12 December 12, 2001: Dubious Cease-Fire Gives Al-Qaeda Chance to Escape Tora Bora
  26. 2001-12-15 December 15, 2001: Bin Laden Said to Make Final Radio Broadcast from Tora Bora and Head North
  27. 2001-12-15 (December 15, 2001): Bin Laden and Al-Zawahiri Escape Undetected North to Remote Province in Afghanistan
  28. 2001-12-17 December 17, 2001: US Declares Victory at Tora Bora; Afghan War Considered Over
  29. 2001-12-22 December 22, 2001: Karzai Assumes Power in Afghanistan
  30. 2001-12-24 December 24, 2001: Taliban Leaders Free, Living Openly in Luxury in Pakistan
  31. 2002-01-01 January 1, 2002: Ex-Unocal Employee Becomes US Special Envoy to Afghanistan
  32. 2002-01-06 January 6, 2002: Mullah Omar Escapes Capture by US Military
  33. 2002-01-08 January 8, 2002: Intensive Search for Bin Laden and Mullah Omar in Afghanistan Comes to a Halt
  34. 2002-02-07 February 7, 2002: Key Al-Qaeda Safe House in Karachi, Pakistan Is Shut Down
  35. 2002-02-09 February 9, 2002: Pakistani and Afghan Leaders Revive Afghanistan Pipeline Idea
  36. 2002-02-14 February 14, 2002: US Military Bases Line Afghan Pipeline Route
  37. 2002-02-19 February 19, 2002: Gen. Franks: US Is Deploying Resources from Afghanistan to Iraq
  38. 2002-02-25 February 25, 2002: Taliban Defector Aware of ISI-Al-Qaeda Links Is Ignored by CIA
  39. 2002-03-02 March 2-13, 2002: Taliban and Al-Qaeda Forces Evade Encirclement Again
  40. 2002-03-28 February-March 28, 2002: Intelligence Leads to Al-Qaeda Leader Abu Zubaida’s Location; Accounts Differ
  41. 2002-04-01 April 1, 2002: Afghan Opium Crackdown Fails
  42. 2002-04-17 April 17, 2002: Failure to Capture Bin Laden in Afghan War Is Called ‘Gravest Error’
  43. 2002-04-17 April 17, 2002: Bush Falsely Promises ‘Marshall Plan’ for Afghanistan
  44. 2002-05-08 May 8, 2002: War in Afghanistan Called ‘All But Won’
  45. 2002-05-17 May 17, 2002: CIA Counterterrorism Head Fired for Criticizing Failure to Capture Bin Laden
  46. 2002-05-31 May 31, 2002: Senator Calls Tillman a ‘Recruiting Tool’ for Military
  47. 2002-06-01 May 23-June 1, 2002: Football Star Passes on NFL Contract to Enlist in US Army
  48. 2002-06-20 June 20, 2002: Afghan Council Appears Manipulated in Selecting Warlords
  49. 2002-06-25 June 25, 2002: Rumsfeld Memo Says ‘Keep an Eye on’ Pat Tillman
  50. 2002-06-28 June 28, 2002: Rumsfeld Sends Pat Tillman a Personal Note