Unlikely Afghan Liberators
The US is undecided whether to throw its weight behind the potentially fractious Northern Alliance.
The US is undecided whether to throw its weight behind the potentially fractious Northern Alliance.
Will the Taleban regime be able to mount effective resistance to American-led attacks?
Western relief workers may struggle to assist civilians uprooted by fighting in Afghanistan.
Courts in Uzbekistan charge Islamists with links to Bin Laden
The arrival of US personnel in southern Uzbekistan has turned the lives of local people and Uzbek servicemen upside down.
Western media have been overwhelmed by speculation about what is really happening in Afghanistan because hard facts are few and far between.
Uzbekistan may now be linked to the world's most powerful nation, but its defences remain fragile.
Uzbekistan gets twitchy over the unprecedented output produced by foreign correspondents.
Pakistan's leader feared a coup by pro-Taleban army officers, after pledging support for the US-led anti-terrorist campaign.
Messengers are said to be criss-crossing the frontlines in north-east Afghanistan to negotiate the defections of Taleban commanders and their men.