Afghanistan timeline June 2001
Afghanistan timeline
Taliban forces begin a fresh attack on opposition positions in the centre and the northeastern Takhar province, around Taloqan.
Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar warns that his regime would consider any UN monitoring of the country's borders as a hostile act.
The anti-Taliban alliance accuses the Islamic regime of systematically destroying the central town of Yakawlang which has repeatedly changed hands between the two warring sides. They say that most of the town's 60,000 residents have now fled.
The UN announces that it will establish large-scale refugee camps in the north of the country to help protect 10,000 displaced Afghans.
The
U.S. Department of State issues a "worldwide caution" for
U.S. citizens around the world of possible
Osama bin Laden-related
terrorist attacks. The warning is due to expire or be updated
September 22.
