[6 Nov 03] President Signs Wartime Supplemental Remarks by President George W. Bush at the Signing of HR 3289 - the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan.
[27 Feb 03] Joint Statement Between U.S. and Afghanistan President Bush and President Karzai reaffirm their partnership for an Afghanistan that is prosperous, democratic, at peace, contributing to regional stability, market friendly, and respectful of human rights
[16 March 02] Radio Address by the President to the Nation The President addresses the nation about America's Fund for Afghan Children, rebuilding, human rights, and education for women and children in Afghanistan
[10 May 06] News Briefing from the Pentagon Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, Commanding General, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan
[4 May 06] News Briefing from Afghanistan Maj. Gen. Robert Durbin, Commander of the Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan, and Lt. Gen. Sher Karimi, Chief of Operations of the Afghan National Army
[16 March 06] News Briefing Maj. Gen. Benjamin Freakley, Commander, Joint Task Force 76 in Afghanistan
[29 April 04] United States Policy in Afghanistan Testimony of Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, before the House Armed Services Committee
[13 Nov 03] Progress in the Global War on Terrorism Speech by Douglas J. Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, before the Council on Foreign Relations
[28 Feb 03] Coalition News Briefing on Humanitarian Assistance Press conference with Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretaty of Defense, and 12 coalition countries on joint efforts in Afghanistan and the war on terrorism
[12 Feb 03] Post-Conflict Afghanistan Statement of Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
[7 Oct 01] Statement of the Secretary of Defense “[R]aise the cost of doing business for foreign terrorists,” says Rumsfeld in news release outlining US goals in current military operations in Afghanistan
[17 Nov 04] Counternarcotics Initiatives for Afghanistan On-the-Record Briefing by Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
[26 Feb 04] Afghanistan: The Narcotics Situation and Strategy Testimony of Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, before the House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources
[17 Dec 03] Briefing on Afghanistan Reconstruction James Kunder, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East, United States Agency for International Development
[17 June 03] Situation in Afghanistan John D. Negroponte, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Remarks to U.N. Security Council
[24 Nov 02] Bin Laden's Letter to America The Observer Full text of letter that first appeared on the Internet in Arabic and was translated and circulated by Islamists in Britain.
[8 Oct 02] Al Qaeda Training Manual Originally from U.S. Department of Justice - accessible through Air University. Selected text from a manual located by the Manchester (England) Metropolitan Police during a search of an Al Qaeda member's home. The manual, found in a computer file described as "the military series" related to the "Declaration of Jihad," was translated into English and introduced at the embassy bombing trial in New York.
[13 Dec 01] Transcript of Bin Laden Videotape National Public Radio Transcript of the videotape released by the Pentagon of Osama bin Laden, that US officials say provides additional evidence that the al Qaeda leader is responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks.
[12 Sept 01] Coming to Grips with Jihad The Atlantic Online Links to a number of Atlantic articles from the early 1990s to the present that have considered the jihad movement, addressing its origins and its consequences NOTE: This item requires an online subscription
[01] Hunting bin Laden: Al Qaeda PBS Contains the US government’s allegations from 1998 and subsequent indictments concerning Al Qaeda
[01] Hunting bin Laden PBS News, photographs, and links to interviews, articles, and videotapes
[6 Oct 03] Afghan Women Face 'Daily Danger' BBC News NOTE: The plight of Afghan women has improved little since the fall of the Taliban, says Amnesty International.
[13 Sep 05] The Situation in Afghanistan United Nations Security Council Resolution Note: Authorizes extension of International Security Assistance Force for an additional 12 months
[25 Oct 06] Afghanistan Update Transcript of a Council on Foreign Relations event featuring Said Tayeb Jawad, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States, and Barnett R. Rubin, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
[28 Oct 04] The Challenges Ahead for Afghanistan Speech by the British Foreign Secretary to the International Institute for Strategic Studies NOTE: This document opens in Microsoft Word
[7 Sep 04] European Abdication David Bosco. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
[14 July 04] U.S. Must Confront Warlords, Deal with Taliban Interview of Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies at New York University's Center on International Cooperation, by Bernard Gwertzman of the Council on Foreign Relations
[02] Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad David B. Edwards. eScholarship, California Digital Library website NOTE: Traces the history of Afghanistan from the late nineteenth century until prior to the arrival of the Taliban