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

Wednesday, November 14, 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)

Interesting: Since 1923, the country of Afghanistan has existed under five constitutions as adopted in 1923, 1963, 1976, 1987 and 1990. (Source: Afghanistan Online)

Also Today: President Bush will entertain Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas. On Thursday evening, President Putin will respond to direct questions from the American people on a historic radio-Internet appearance. [See: Putin to Answer Americans' Questions (About)]

• The American Red Cross announced that 100-percent of the funds donated to the organization's September 11 relief funds would go to assist victims of the attacks. The announcement reversed Red Cross' previous decision to hold some of the funds in reserve for future disasters. 

NOT confirmed: 8:30 pm - Reuters quoted an anonymous Pentagon official as stating that the U.S. had bombed a building where top leaders of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network were known to be located. According to the official, a number of people in the building were killed, but it was not known whether Osama bin Laden had been among them. [See: US Bombs Building Where Al Qaeda Gathered-Official (Reuters)]

8:20 pm - U.S. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld confirmed that the eight Western aid workers formerly held by the Taliban had been taken to Pakistan by U.S. special forces helicopters and were all in good health. "This effort involved many people and several entities. U.S. forces performed the extraction well and the American people can be proud of them," stated Rumsfeld in a printed statement. [See: Rumsfeld Says Detainees in Pakistan, in Good Health (Reuters)]

7:00 pm - Reuters reported that U.S. officials speaking on conditions of anonymity confirmed that the eight Western aid workers previously held by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan had been released and being escorted to Pakistan. [See: Afghan Aid Worker Detainees Free -U.S. Officials (Reuters)] 

3:30 pm - Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that despite recent gains by Northern Alliance and anti-Taliban forces, the war in Afghanistan was not over. [See: U.S. Military Cautions War Not Over in Afghanistan (Reuters)]

11:30 am - CNN quoted U.S. defense officials as stating that the northern Afghanistan town of Jalalabad had also come under control of anti-Taliban, Pashtun forces.

11:15 am - ABC News quoted U.S. intelligence officials as saying Osama bin Laden was "on the move" in southern Afghanistan amid reports of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar being occupied by anti-Taliban forces of Pashtun tribal warriors. According to U.S. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, U.S. special forces in southern Afghanistan were concentrating on finding bin Laden. [See: Bin Laden May Be on the Move (Reuters/ABC News)]

9:45 am - The Northern Alliance ambassador in Tajikistan told reporters that the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan had fallen to Alliance fighters. "Today the forces of the Northern Alliance entered Kandahar," stated Said Ibrohim Hikmat. [See: Alliance Envoy Says Kandahar Falls to Opposition (Reuters)]

7:30 am - A German newspaper reported that the eight Western aid workers held by the Taliban for teaching Christianity in Afghanistan may have been set free. The father of one of the American detainees, Heather Mercer, earlier reported that the Taliban, while fleeing Kabul, had taken the aid workers with then to the southern city of Kandahar. [See: Report: Taliban-Held Western Aid Workers May Be Free (Reuters)]

4:00 am - As Taliban rule in Afghanistan crumbled, pressure mounted on the Northern Alliance to form a multi-ethnic government including representatives of the Pashtun tribe, which supported the Taliban. With the Taliban routed from the capital city of Kabul, U.S. defense officials stressed the need to focus on perusing Osama bin Laden. [See: Taliban Rule Collapses, U.S. Targets Bin Laden (Reuters)] 

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