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

Wednesday, November 7, 2001

NOTE: Reports from news sources involving movements or operations of United States military personnel NOT confirmed by named U.S. government officials will be labeled as such.

Maps Detailing Allied Attacks (CNN)
Map of Coalition Bases of Operation (CNN)
Detailed Afghanistan Maps and Information (About Geography)
Afghanistan and Area Weather Forecast (AccuWeather)
Most Wanted Terrorist List (FBI)

Also today: Italy agreed to provide up to 2,700 troops to assist the U.S. in the war against terrorism. [Details on CNN]

• The President of Tajikistan said his country would allow the United States to use two Tajik military bases, if needed. [Detail on CNN]

4:00 pm - Charge! Northern Alliance troops mounted on horseback staged cavalry attacks against Taliban tanks and armored vehicles in the rugged mountains near the key northern Afghanistan town of Mazar-e-Sharif, the Pentagon stated. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the U.S. military Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters "This is opposition forces riding horseback into combat against tanks and armored personnel carriers. So these folks are aggressive, they're taking the war to their enemy and ours." [See: US Says Anti-Taliban Mounted Cavalry Attacks Tanks (Reuters)]

1:50 pm - Justice Department agents moved to further shut down Osama bin Laden's financial network, taking two men into custody in Massachusetts. Additional raids were conducted in Boston, Massachusetts; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Seattle, Washington; and Columbus, Ohio. Arrests in the U.S. and In five other countries were being made in an effort to shut down the finances of the Barakaat and al Taqua terrorist networks. [See: U.S. targeting al Qaeda financial backers (CNN)]

6:15 am - As U.S. bombing of Kabul and Kandahar continued, the Taliban claimed their power had not been diminished ant the the allied attacks had killed more civilians than Taliban fighters. Meanwhile the Northern Alliance claimed more advances on Taliban strongholds. [See: U.S. Planes Attack Front Lines; Taliban Defiant (Reuters)] 

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