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

Monday, November 19, 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: President Bush is scheduled to sign the Airport Security Federalization Act of 2001. The new law is in direct response to the September 11 attacks. [See: New Airport Security Measures (About)]

• Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld stated that leaflets offering a $25 million reward for Osama bin Laden were being dropped over Afghanistan. [Details on CNN]

6:30 pm - Declaring the noose around Osama bin Laden to be "narrowing," President Bush stated that the number of people in Afghanistan willing to help in the search for the terrorist leader was growing. "The more territory we gain, the more success there is on the ground, the more people we've got looking to help us in our mission," said President Bush. [See: Bush Says 'Noose' Narrows Around Bin Laden (Reuters)]

4:30 pm - Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld at a press conference stated that while the Taliban are retreating throughout Afghanistan, the hunt for terrorist leader Osama bin Laden remained far from over. "As enemy leaders become fewer and fewer that does not necessarily mean that the task will become easier." stated Rumsfeld. "People can hide in caves for long periods, and this will take time." [See: Rumsfeld: Hunt for bin Laden far from over (CNN)]

1:00 pm - Italy's foreign minister announced that four journalists had apparently been killed in Afghanistan. The journalists from Italy, Australia and Afghanistan were reportedly traveling without protection from Jalalabad to the Afghan capital, Kabul when they were stopped by an unidentified group of gunmen. The area where the incident took place is under the control of the Northern Alliance. [See: Four journalists killed in Afghanistan, Italian official says (CNN)]

7:50 am - U.S. airstrikes hit Taliban positions in the continuing battle for the Afghan town of Konduz, the last Taliban-held area in northern Afghanistan. [See: Afghan refugees fleeing Konduz (CNN)]

7:15 am - CNN reported that a high-ranking Taliban leader and associate of Taliban top leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had bolted and was now siding with Pashtun tribesmen in Kandahar. [See: Source: Senior Taliban official switches sides (CNN)]

7:00 am - The U.S. accused Iraq, North Korea and possibly Iran of violations of an international ban on development of biological weapons. U.S. Under-Secretary for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton said Baghdad had "developed, produced and stockpiled biological warfare agents and weapons" in defiance of a 1972 treaty. [See: U.S. Accuses Iraq, Iran of Violating Germ Arms Ban (Reuters)]

6:30 am - The Northern Alliance stated they would meet with deposed Afghan king Mohammed Zahir Shah to discuss the formation of a post-Taliban government in Afghanistan. [See: Northern Alliance willing to meet deposed Afghan king (CNN)]

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