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

Wednesday, November 21, 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.

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Map of Coalition Bases of Operation (CNN)
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Most Wanted Terrorist List (FBI)
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Also Today: The Department of Defense estimated that the Taliban now controlled less than 25-percent of Afghanistan.

5:00 pm - Taliban spokesman Tayab Agha told reporters that the U.S. "should forget the September 11 attacks because now there is new fighting against Islam." Agha went on to express the Taliban's hope that "mighty Allah will break America." The defiant statements came after the Taliban had sworn to fight to the death in defense of their southern Afghanistan stronghold of Kandahar. [See: Taliban and U.S. Exchange Death Vows (Reuters)]

4:30 pm - The Taliban agreed to surrender the northern Afghanistan town of Konduz. Details of the surrender were still being discussed between Abdul Rashid Dostum and two Taliban leaders, according to CNN. [See: Taliban agree to surrender Konduz (CNN)]

2:15 pm - Northern Alliance commander Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum and two leaders of Taliban forces defending the northern Afghanistan city of Konduz began negotiations on the fate of the town and of the Taliban fighters who refuse to surrender. [See: Alliance, Taliban discuss hold-out city in north (CNN)]

1:45 pm - Ottilie Lundgren, a 94-year old woman from Oxford, Connecticut, diagnosed yesterday as suffering from inhaled anthrax died, becoming the nation's fifth anthrax fatality. There have been no other cases of anthrax being found in Connecticut and officials have no clues as to how Lundgren became infected. [See: Connecticut woman dies of anthrax (CNN)]

7:00 am - Taliban spokesman Syed Tayyad Agha speaking at a press conference stated the Taliban would not abandon their southern Afghanistan stronghold of Kandahar as reported by the press. He also stated that Osama bin Laden, as an enemy of the Soviets, remained the "honored guest" of the Taliban, but that they were not aware of bin Laden's whereabouts.

6:45 am - The CDC confirmed that an elderly Connecticut woman was suffering from the inhaled form of anthrax. Officials remained puzzled as to how the Waterbury, Connecticut woman contracted the disease. There had been no previous reports of anthrax in Connecticut.

5:30 am - The New York Times reported that the official count of dead and missing due to the September 11 attacks on the New York Trade Center had fallen sharply over the last few weeks to below 3,900, some 3,000 less than initially feared. As police continue to uncover duplicate reporting and other sources of error, the number could drop as low as 3,000 reported the Times. [See: Toll From WTC Attack Falls Below 3,900 -NY Times (Reuters)]

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