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Chronology: All time shown below are approximate Eastern Daylight Times.

Saturday, October 6, 2001

The Investigation (CNN)
Stories dealing with the investigation of the Sept. 11 attacks from CNN.

Also Today: Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld returned from his 3-day to meet with leaders of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, Uzbekistan and Turkey.  [Details from CNN]

2:45 pm - Afghanistan's Taliban threatened to attack Uzbekistan if the U.S. launched attacks into Afghanistan from Uzbek territory. On Friday, Uzbekistan agreed to make one of its airbases available to the U.S. for launching flights into Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes only. [See: Taliban Threaten to Attack Uzbekistan if Aids U.S. (Reuters)]

10:00 am - In his weekly radio address, President Bush stated, "The Taliban has been given the opportunity to surrender all the terrorists in Afghanistan and to close down their camps and operations. Full warning has been given, and time is running out." The president also dismissed the Taliban's offer to release the Western aid workers currently on trial in Kabul for allegedly teaching Christianity. [See: Bush to Taliban: Time Is Running Out (Reuters)]

7:30 am - CNN reported that a high-flying aircraft had been spotted flying over Kabul, Afghanistan and had drawn fire from Taliban anti-aircraft batteries. The plane was not hit. Video tape of the incident from Al Jazeera Television in Afghanistan showed the aircraft, along with what Al Jazeera reported as the contrail of a Taliban surface-to-air missile that also missed the unidentified aircraft. The Pentagon had no comment on the report or the video from Al Jazeera. While the type of plane remained unknown, speculation suggested it may have been an pilotless drone spy plane. [See: Taliban say they fired on U.S. plane (CNN)]

6:30 am - The Afghan Foreign Ministry stated it might release the eight aid workers currently standing trial in Kabul on charges of teaching Christianity if the United States retracted its threats against Afghanistan. "If the United States mitigates the sufferings of the common people of Afghanistan and gives up its dire threats, then the Afghan government will also take steps to release the eight detained foreigners," stated the Foreign Ministry. The statement was faxed to the Reuters news agency. [See: Taliban Say Could Free Christians if U.S. Backs Off (Reuters)]