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

Wednesday, December 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)
To Report Terrorist Activities to the FBI (FBI)
English translation of Osama bin Laden videotape (Defense Department - .pdf file)

4:30 pm - U.S. special forces spread across eastern Afghanistan's border with Pakistan in a widening search for Osama bin Laden. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld stated that Pakistani forces had captured several hundred non-Afghan al Qaeda who had entered Pakistan. [See: Search continues for bin Laden (CNN)]  

1:30 pm (updated) - Fourteen people were reported killed in a gun battle between Pakistani soldiers and the captured al Qaeda prisoners they were guarding. The suspected al Qaeda were being moved by bus when they seized their captors' weapons and opened fire. Eight suspected al Qaeda, five Pakistani soldiers and the bus driver were killed. [See: Al Qaeda Captives Turn on Pakistan Guards, 14 Dead (Reuters)]

9:00 am - The Palestinian Authority arrested at least 12 of its own security agents in an action intended to help shut down militant anti-Israeli groups. [See: Palestinian Authority Arrests Its Security Men (Reuters)]

7:00 am - CNN reported that leaders of the new interim Afghan government, scheduled to take power this weekend, are working to agree on the formation of an international military peacekeeping force they will accept. [See: Peacekeepers role taking shape (CNN)]

7:00 am - Five people were reported dead in an apparent revolt by al Qaeda prisoners being held near the Afghanistan - Pakistan border. A spokesman for the Pakistani president said two prisoners and three Pakistani guards had been killed. 

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