Interim Afghan leader says Taliban fleeing Kandahar, Omar will be arrested if found
KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban forces abandoned their last bastion today, fleeing the southern city of Kandahar, reneging on a promise to hand over their weapons and leaving chaos in their wake, Afghanistan's interim leader said. He said Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is missing and will be arrested if found.
Pearl Harbor, 9-11: parallels, differences
A look at the parallels and differences in the frenzied days and months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the terrorists attacks this year.
Fate of Omar sticking point of surrender
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Among the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar's word was always law. Now, as the purist Islamic movement collapses, its leaders are desperately trying to salvage safety for the bearded, one-eyed cleric who led them to rule -- and to ruin.
U.S. forces join struggle for Tora Bora
JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Despite another day of heavy bombing by U.S. warplanes, Osama bin Laden's guerrillas held their ground Thursday against 1,000 Afghans attacking their mountain stronghold of heavily fortified caves and bunkers.
Defiant Ashcroft strong facing former colleagues
WASHINGTON -- Summoned to Capitol Hill to defend the Bush administration's handling of the terrorist investigation, Attorney General John Ashcroft struck back at its critics.
Meanwhile, at home
WASHINGTON -- Democrats accused President Bush on Thursday of neglecting the home front as the Senate debated a $35-billion antiterrorism plan that the White House and Republicans call too costly.
Looking ahead to second chance
WASHINGTON -- The United States must play a big role in reconstructing Afghanistan and not squander another chance for partnership they way it did in 1989 after helping Afghans oust the Soviet Union, administration officials and senators agreed Thursday.
Malaysia watches militants within
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- As Malaysia intensifies its inquiry into links between Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network and its own Islamic militants, attention is focusing on a previously unknown group accused of plotting two attacks to kill U.S. sailors.
List blocks U.S. entry for 39 groups
WASHINGTON -- The State Department put 39 foreign organizations suspected of links to terrorism on a new "exclusion list" Thursday, barring members from entering the United States and authorizing the deportation of those already in the country.
Suspect in India tells of plans for other attacks
BOMBAY, India -- Indian authorities said Thursday that a man in their custody says he was trained by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida and that the group had planned terrorist attacks in Britain, Australia and India similar to the Sept. 11 assault on the United States.
Italy raids companies feared tied to terror
MILAN, Italy -- Italian police on Thursday raided six companies suspected of links to Islamic militants, part of a weeklong crackdown on money that may be destined for Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.
Precautions urged when handling mail
ATLANTA -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reissued guidelines Thursday for people concerned they may contract anthrax from contaminated mail, though the agency stressed the risk is "very low."
America strikes notebook
Green Beret dead begin the journey home
Protest targets rising gun sales
WASHINGTON -- Gun sales are up since Sept. 11, and some manufacturers are pitching models by alluding to the terrorist attacks. Gun control advocates accuse the firearms industry of trying to profit from tragedy.
Anthrax found in mail sent to Federal Reserve
It's not known if the letters were cross-contaminated. None had entered the building.
Employee of factory kills co-worker, self
GOSHEN, Ind. -- An employee who had gotten into an angry dispute Thursday with a co-worker at a milling factory here returned with a gun, shot the man to death and wounded six others before turning the gun on himself.
