British special forces moved into the Tora Bora front line today after a ceasefire collapsed at Osama bin Laden’s mountain base.

A Northern Alliance helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan killing 18 people.

The Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), castigated by American and British warmongers as the mouthpiece of the Taliban, has reported that the Islamic militia has agreed to surrender its last urban stronghold to the country’s new leader.

As UN talks on the future of Afghanistan began in Germany, US Marines expanded their base of operations in southern Afghanistan, sending out heavily armed patrols.

US air strikes targeted outnumbered and cornered followers of Osama bin Laden today as a prison uprising in northern Afghanistan stretched into its third day.

Anti-Taliban tribal fighters have pushed to within five miles of the Taliban home base of Kandahar.

Northern Alliance troops have halted their advance into Kunduz from the east, fearing hostile fire.

Northern Alliance troops have entered Kunduz and say Taliban fighters are surrendering "continuously".

Thousands of Northern Alliance troops today advanced on al-Qaida fighters trapped in the surrounded city of Kunduz, and senior commanders said Taliban troops inside the city had agreed to lay down their arms this weekend.

Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is reportedly planning to withdraw his forces from Kandahar.

The Taliban’s dramatic retreat could be a deliberate tactic to help them regroup, United States military officials have said.

The Taliban stronghold of Jalalabad was reported to have fallen today to a warlord who has refused to ally himself to either side in the war for Afghanistan.

Taliban forces appeared to be fleeing Kabul tonight as the opposition Northern Alliance said their troops had pushed to the gates of the Afghan capital.

It is being reported that four American soldiers have been killed after a helicopter crashed in Pakistan.

Opposition forces today claimed the capture of a district outside the strategic northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif, while US warplanes resumed their bombing raids on Taliban frontline positions.

American helicopter gunships have reportedly attacked Taliban military positions near the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The Taliban have reportedly released the French journalist they had accused of spying.

The Taliban has reportedly hanged three followers of a tribal leader who supports the former Afghan king.

US warplanes bombarded Taliban positions near a front line north of the capital of Kabul today, marking what could be the start of a more aggressive campaign on behalf of opposition forces fighting the Islamic regime.

US warplanes bombarded Taliban positions near a front line north of the capital of Kabul today, marking what could be the start of a more aggressive campaign on behalf of opposition forces fighting the Islamic regime.

US forces today completed their first ground operation in southern Afghanistan, opening up a new phase in the war on terrorism.

US jets have eased their round-the-clock bombardment of Kabul after a pre-dawn pounding.

US warplanes have pounded the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the heaviest attacks so far in the so-called "war against terrorism".

A journalist with French weekly Paris Match, who was arrested in Afghanistan after secretly entering the country disguised as a woman, was today paraded through streets as townspeople hurled stones at him.

US warplanes began a fourth straight night of attacks as soon as darkness fell in Afghanistan.

There are reports that anti-aircraft fire has been heard for the fourth straight night in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Anti-aircraft fire crackled in the night sky over Kabul, signalling the start of a second night of attacks by the US and British coalition.

News agencies say more than 30 people are dead after the air strikes on Afghanistan but the Taliban says there are no casualties.

Taliban rulers, vowing to ‘‘fight to the last’’ against those who side with the United States, today said they have sent thousands of troops to the border with Uzbekistan.

The Taliban are prepared to put Osama bin Laden on trial. They want the US to provide proof of his involvement in the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The eight-year-old daughter of Yvonne Ridley the British journalist being held in Afghanistan returned to boarding school today after being comforted by relatives.

The Taliban has sent a special team to the northeastern city of Jalalabad to investigate the case of a British journalist who was arrested after sneaking into Afghanistan, a news agency reported today.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have arrested a female journalist from Britain in the north-east of the country, according to the Afghan Islamic Press.

A delegation of Pakistani religious leaders and government officials left today for talks with the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan, in a new attempt to break the deadlock over Osama bin Laden.

US officials have cast doubt on a claim that bin Laden is missing from his Afghanistan hide-out.

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban are claiming to have shot down a North Alliance helicopter flying over its territory in the northern Samangan province.

The leader of Afghanistan's Taliban Government says he is willing to meet US officials to discuss the possible extradition of Osama bin Laden

Afghanistan's Taliban militia has denied that Osama bin Laden, the man suspected of masterminding the terrorist attacks on the US, is under house arrest.