| 31 January 2002 | General Fahim Khan, the Afghan Defence Minister, visited the Ministry of Defence in London to discuss matters of mutual interest and to build upon the close relationship established between the UK Government and the new Afghan Interim Authority. |
| 30 January 2002 | The Romanian military platoon completed the deployment to Afghanistan. After arriving, the soldiers started setting up their base camp operation near Kabul, and established communications both with the Romanian General Staff and the other units of the multinational military force.
US Defense Secretary and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff briefing |
| 29 January 2002 | The first Romanian troops - twelve soldiers from the 265th Military Police Battalion and a military liaison officer - arrived in Kabul in a Romanian C-130 Hercules. |
| 28 January 2002 | Afghan and US troops stormed a hospital building in Kandahar after Al Qaida fighters who had barricaded themselves inside continued to refuse to surrender. RAF support aircraft flew operational sorties.
Press briefing by US Department of Defense |
| 25 January 2002 | RAF support aircraft flew operational sorties.
Press briefing by US Department of Defense |
| 24 January 2002 | US troops attacked two compounds north of Kandahar where Taliban forces were reported to be based. The operation concluded, a USAF AC-130 destroyed an ammunition dump at the location. RAF support aircraft flew operational sorties.
US Defense Secretary and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff briefing |
| 22 January 2002 | Three British Army bomb disposal experts were presented with a football at the start of the Manchester United vs Liverpool match at Old Trafford for an unusual sporting fixture in Afghanistan.
RAF support aircraft flew operational sorties.
US Defense Secretary briefing |
| 19 January 2002 | RAF tanker, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft flew operational sorties.
A USMC CH-53E helicopter crashed in Afghanistan, with two fatalities. |
| 18 January 2002 | RAF tanker, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft flew operational sorties.
US CENTCOM briefing |
| 17 January 2002 | In compliance with Parliamentary approval, the Romanian Ministry of National Defence completes preparations to send several military support elements to augment the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. |
| 16 January 2002 | RAF tanker, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft flew operational sorties.
US Defense Secretary and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff briefing |
| 14 January 2002 | US aircraft continued operations against targets in the Zhawar Kili complex. RAF tanker, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft flew operational sorties.
Press briefing by US Department of Defense |
| 11 January 2002 | US aircraft continued operations against targets in the Zhawar Kili complex. RAF tanker, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft flew operational sorties.
US Defense Secretary and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff briefing |
| 10 January 2002 | The Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon MP, set out in the House of Commons the details of the Force's composition. |
| 8 January 2002 | US aircraft continued operations against targets in the Zhawar Kili complex. RAF tanker, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft flew operational sorties.
A USMC KC-130 tanker crashed in Pakistan; its seven crew members are reported to have been killed.
US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff briefing |
| 7 January 2002 | The Prime Minister visited Bagram airfield in Afghanistan to meet Hamid Karzai, the head of the Afghan Interim Authority, and to thank troops from the UK and partner nations preparing for the deployment of the International Security Assistance Force.
US Navy aircraft attacked additional facilities in the Zhawar Kili area. RAF tanker, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft flew operational sorties.
Press briefing by US Department of Defense |
| 4 January 2002 | British troops deployed in Kabul helped save the life of an Afghan woman who had suffered appalling burns injuries in a domestic accident.
US CENTCOM briefing
Press briefing by US Department of Defense |
| 3 January 2002 | US aircraft attacked a cave complex at Zhawar Kili. RAF tanker, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft flew operational sorties.
In Kabul, the Military Technical Agreement for the International Security Assistance Force was signed by the Afghan Minister Mohammed Yusuf Qanouni and Major General McColl. See Op FINGAL for details.
US Defense Secretary and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff briefing |
| 2 January 2002 | RAF tanker, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft flew operational sorties.
Press briefing by US Department of Defense |
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