Timeline of events from the BBC

[Guest guest]

This is from this webpage:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1584000/1584660.stm

 

This is stated in GMT time which translates to the KABUL time that I have put

in parenthesis....due to some confusion over exact times.

 

Timeline: Afghanistan air strikes

 

 

Strikes are a response to the 11 September attacks

 

The US and its allies have launched military strikes against the Taleban in

Afghanistan.

BBC News Online charts the course of events.

 

7 October

 

1353GMT The Afghan opposition Northern Alliance says the United States could

launch air strikes against the Taleban "imminently".

(In Kabul time zone this relocates <using locality feature of solar fire> to

6:23 PM their time) I have the charts if you would like them in western or

vedic.

 

1625GMT Reuters agency reports three large flashes in the sky 40 km [25

miles] north of the Afghan capital, Kabul.

(In Kabul time this is 8:55 PM their time)

 

1627GMT Several loud explosions heard in Kabul and electricity supplies are

cut, city residents tell AFP agency. Anti-aircraft fire heard.

(In Kabul time this is 8:57PM their time)

 

1645GMT Eyewitnesses report at least four large explosions in Kabul, and a

black plume of smoke rising over the city.

 

(9:15 PM Kabul time)

 

1655GMT AP agency reports sporadic anti-aircraft fire. CNN reports explosions

in the southern city of Kandahar, where the Taleban headquarters is located.

 

(9:25 PM Kabul time)

 

1700GMT President Bush addresses America and confirms British forces

assisting the US military action.

 

(I was listening to CNN AS all this was happening from Southern California.

Bush actually said his 'first word' at 10:02 So. Cal time or 1:02 PM

Washington time. I was listening to the war news as it was being reported

here, by the way)

 

1708GMT US attacks have destroyed a command base at Kandahar airport, CNN

reports. Also reports the Defence Ministry in Kabul hit.

(9:38PM Kabul Time)

 

1714GMT Taleban confirm bombing of Kabul, according to Afghan Islamic Press

[AIP]. Downing Street confirms British involvement.

(9:44 PM Kabul time)

 

1716GMT Reported explosions in the northeastern city of Jalalabad. Northern

Alliance Defence Minister Dr Abdullah Abdullah says at least three nearby

training camps may have been hit. Attacks came around 15 minutes after Kabul

hit.

(9:46 PM Kabul time)

 

1725GMT CNN reports cruise missiles fired from US and British ships, PA says

attacks began with missile launches.

 

(9:55 PM Kabul time)

 

1730GMT Taleban confirm some bombardment near Kabul airport, say AIP.

(10:00 PM Kabul time)

 

1735GMT Pentagon official says Tomahawk cruise missiles launched by US and

British ships, and US submarines, AP agency reports. Targets reportedly

include air defences, military communications and terrorist training camps.

 

(10:05PM Kabul time)

 

1751GMT UK Prime Minister Tony Blair confirms British missile-firing

submarines used for attacks. British warplanes will join the attack in the

next few days.

 

(10:21PM Kabul time)

 

1816GMT Kabul residents fleeing airport area and ignoring a curfew, AIP says.

Also claims electricity restored to the city.

(10:46 PM Kabul time)

 

1821GMT AFP reports explosions and fires around airport at northern

Taleban-held city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghan opposition forces report "dozens"

of US helicopters and jets flying overhead.

(10:51 PM Kabul time)

 

1834GMT Osama Bin Laden and Taleban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar both survived

the strikes, the Taleban ambassador to Pakistan tells AP agency.

(11:04 PM Kabul time)

 

1835GMT Pakistan says it provided designated air corridors allowing US forces

to carry out strikes, but no Pakistani airbases were used. (11:05 PM Kabul

time)

 

1847GMT Afghan opposition forces are shelling Taleban positions north of

Kabul, Reuters reports. (11:17PM Kabul time)

 

1851GMT US military officials say 15 land-based bombers, 25 strike aircraft

and 50 Tomahawk missiles were used in the attack. B1, B2 and B52 bombers

used.

(11:21 PM Kabul time)

 

1855GMT US Defence Secretary says Taleban anti-aircraft weapons and planes

targeted to minimise the threat to US forces. Also says strikes are ongoing.

(11:25 PM Kabul time)

 

1900GMT US officials say humanitarian aid being dropped simultaneously by air

into Afghanistan. No information about damage to or loss of any American

planes.

(11:30 PM Kabul time)

 

1909GMT A Taleban spokesman tells AIP the US-led attacks caused no

significant damage to Taleban targets, AFP reports.

(11:39PM Kabul time)

 

1937GMT Senior Taleban official claims an unidentified plane brought down in

Farah province during the attacks.

(12:07 AM, Oct 8, Kabul time)

 

You get the gist of this....now...actually, if you think about it, 8:55 PM

Kabul time is when the flashes were seen and THEN the noise was heard two

minutes later (delayed sound) so really...the bombs probably dropped at 8:55

PM Kabul time.

 

CNN, in that one article, says 'ABOUT 8:45PM' so the BBC appears to be more

accurate here and this is what I was experiencing as far as blow by blow

reporting in California.

 

Renee