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1 Thursday, November 8, 2001

Three Japanese warships with several hundred sailors left the port for the Indian Ocean. The goal was to provide the U.S.-led forces with non-combat military support. This is Japan's first mission of this kind since World War II.

The president Wim Kok of the Netherlands announced that 1000 soldiers will join the efforts of the war against terrorism.

2 Saturday, November 10, 2001

The Taliban and Northern Alliance fighters both claimed that the strategic northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif was taken by Northern Alliance fighters.

3 Wednesday, November 12November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. Events 764 Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days. 1028 Future Byzantine empress Zoe marri, 2001

4 Wednesday, November 14November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. Events 1800-1899 1851 Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick is published in the U. by Harper & Brothers, New York after it was first published on, 2001

Northern Alliance fighters took over KabulKabul Kabool Kbool is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. It is an economic and cultural center strategically situated in a narrow valley along the Kabul River, high in the mountains before, the Afghan capital, and then controlled virtually all the north of Afghanistan.

5 Sunday, November 25November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining. Events 1034 Malcolm II of Scotland died. Duncan, the son of his second daughter, instead of Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter,, 2001

Northern Alliance gained control of KunduzKunduz is a city in Afghanistan; the name has also sometimes been rendered as Kunduz, Qonduz, Qonduz, Konduz, Konduz, Kondoz or Qhunduz . The city was anciently known as Drapsaka and was a place of importance visited by Alexander the Great. Kunduz is loca, the last Taliban stronghold in Northern Afghanistan. The Taliban then controlled less the 25% of the country, mainly around Kandahar in the south.

U.S. MarineThe United States Marine Corps USMC is the second-smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. The United States Coast Guard is the smallest. The Marine Corps is nonetheless las landed in force by helicopter at an airbase south of Kandahar and began preparing it for fixed wing aircraft. They also occupied the main road between Kandahar and Pakistan.

Forces loyal to bin Laden smuggled weapons into their prison near Mazar-e Sharif after surrendering at Kunduz. They attacked the Northern Alliance guards and storm an armory. U.S. Special Forces call in air attacks. Hundreds of prisoners are killed as well as 40 Alliance fighters and one U.S. CIA operative, Johnny Micheal Spann. Spann becomes the first U.S. and Coalition combat casualty. A young American named John Walker Lindh is found in the midst of the rebellion and extradited to the US on terrorism charges.

Four British SAS special forces troops were injured inside Afghanistan and evacuated to hospital in Britain although the time and location of their operation was not known.

See also: Timeline of U.S. attack on Afghanistan in December 2001, Timeline of U.S. attack on Afghanistan in October 2001, U.S. invasion of Afghanistan