Response to Terror

Afghanistan: Incident also leaves 5 Afghans dead and 20 more Americans wounded in battle to take the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar.

Dec. 6, 2001

Profile: Special Forces fighter Brian Cody Prosser of Frazier Park followed his father into the armed services. He died under “friendly fire.”

Dec. 6, 2001

Moving to heal their ruined and fractious country, Afghans signed an accord Wednesday to create a multiethnic government in which a triumphant military force, the Northern Alliance, will share power with an array of rivals that excludes the all-but-vanquished Taliban.

Dec. 6, 2001

War: Anti-Taliban troops search for Bin Laden in mountains that were “center of our jihad.”

Dec. 6, 2001

Anthrax: The FBI hopes to find clues about the sender of the bacteria-laden envelope. Spores are to be sent to labs for analysis.

Dec. 6, 2001

Transition: Sima Samar, advocate for women and children’s health and education, was already a heroine to ethnic Hazaras in Quetta, Pakistan.

Dec. 6, 2001

Immigration: The unexpected move will add 314,000 names of those facing deportation to a computer system used regularly by police.

Dec. 6, 2001

Diplomacy: Secretary of State calls agreement on interim government “quite encouraging.” U.S. to reestablish a diplo- matic office in Kabul.

Dec. 6, 2001

Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon outlined plans Wednesday to revise and update Britain’s military “concepts, capabilities and forces” in light of the Sept. 11 attacks and the allied campaign in Afghanistan.

Dec. 6, 2001

Weapons: Despite better bombing precision and battlefield identification, military officials say, inadvertent casualties are difficult to avoid.

Dec. 6, 2001

Politics: Afghans living in Pakistan generally back Hamid Karzai. But some question his experience and absences from his homeland.

Dec. 6, 2001

Courts: The unusual step involves a Middle Eastern pilot protesting his jailing in a dragnet. He faces identity fraud charges.

Dec. 6, 2001

In a conference call with Los Angeles Mayor James K.

Dec. 6, 2001

Trial: The Iranian takes the stand to challenge the testimony of two flight attendants.

Dec. 6, 2001