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Posted on 11/16/2001 1:19:03 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

A U.S. Air Force special operations soldier walks by an Afghan boy as others loyal to the northern alliance look on, in Khwaja Bahuaddin, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2001. Two helicopters with small U.S. Special Forces teams provided security for Andrew Natsios, the director of U.S. Agency for International Development, who visited the longtime northern alliance stronghold to review projects funded by the U.S. aid agency. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool) - Nov 15 3:19 PM ET

A United States Special Forces soldier stands guard near a helicopter as Afghan civilians and militiamen loyal to the rebel Northern Alliance look on, in Khwaja Bahuaddin, Afghanistan, November 15, 2001. Two helicopters with small U.S. Special Forces teams provided logistics and security for Andrew Natsios, the director of USAID, who visited the longtime Northern Alliance stronghold to review projects funded by the US aid agency. Natsios is the highest U.S. official to visit Afghanistan in 20 years. REUTERS/POOL/Brennan Linsley - Nov 15 2:56 PM ET

A United States Air Force special forces soldier stands guard near a Chinook helicopter as Afghan civilians and militiamen loyal to the rebel Northern Alliance look on, in Khwaja Bahuaddin, Afghanistan, November 15, 2001. Two helicopters with small U.S. Special Forces teams provided logistics and security for Andrew Natsios, the director of USAID, who visited the longtime Northern Alliance stronghold to review projects funded by the US aid agency. Natsios is the highest U.S. official to visit Afghanistan in 20 years. REUTERS/POOL/Brennan Linsley - Nov 15 2:56 PM ET

Crossing by air over the hills into Afghanistan from Tajikistan, U.S. special operations soldiers keep watch from the open back end of a U.S. Army Special Forces Chinook helicopter, near Khwaja Bahuaddin, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2001. Two helicopters with small U.S. Special Forces teams provided security for Andrew Natsios, the director of U.S. Agency for International Development, who visited the longtime northern alliance stronghold to review projects funded by the U.S. aid agency. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, POOL) - Nov 15 2:51 PM ET

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier stands guard near a helicopter, as Afghan civilians and militia members loyal to the northern alliance look on, in Khwaja Bahuaddin, Afghanistan, 350 kilometers (220 miles) northeast of Kabul, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2001. Two helicopters with small teams of U.S. Special Forces provided security for Andrew Natsios, the director of U.S. Agency for International Development, who visited the longtime northern alliance stronghold to review projects funded by the U.S. aid agency. Natsios is the highest U.S. official to visit Afganistan in twenty years. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) - Nov 15 2:22 PM ET

At sundown, a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier stands guard near a helicopter, not pictured, as Afghan civilians and militia members loyal to the northern alliance look on, in Khwaja Bahuaddin, Afghanistan, 350 kilometers (220 miles) northeast of Kabul, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2001. Two helicopters with small teams of U.S. Special Forces provided security for Andrew Natsios, the director of U.S. Agency for International Development, who visited the longtime northern alliance stronghold to review projects funded by the U.S. aid agency. Natsios is the highest U.S. official to visit Afganistan in twenty years. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) - Nov 15 2:20 PM ET

U.S. special forces hunted for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan on November 15, 2001, as 20,000 of his Arab supporters and Taliban protectors were surrounded in the northern city of Kunduz, facing the prospect of a fight to the death. This Reuters map shows, chronologically, Northern Alliance gains this week, as well as Northern Alliance troop movements throughout the country. (Reuters Graphic) - Nov 15 2:41 PM ET

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