The Christian Science Monitor - Events in Afghanistan have moved fast and dramatically since Dec. 1, when President Obama set an initial deadline of July 2011 for withdrawal of US combat forces.
The Taliban's top military leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has been captured, a senior administration official told CNN late Monday.
The U.S. general in charge of the war in Afghanistan says capturing Osama bin Laden is the ultimate key to defeating the al-Qaida terror network.