NBC Nightly News - 2001-11-18
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[0:00] From
[0:02] NBC News in Washington, this is Meet the
[0:08] That's it for us right now. Nightly News
[0:10] is next and we'll be back at 6:30. Good
[0:12] evening.
[0:15] Thanks for watching the area's number
[0:17] one Sunday night news. Northwest News
[0:20] Channel 8, where the news comes first.
[0:24] [Music]
[0:31] The allout assault on the last Taliban
[0:34] stronghold. In the north, talk of
[0:36] surrender. In the south, the stage is
[0:39] set for a final battle as allies closed
[0:42] in on al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
[0:44] We're going to get him out of his hold.
[0:46] Sooner or later, we'll get him. In New
[0:48] York, a day of prayer by those who lost
[0:51] loved ones in the American Airlines
[0:53] crash last week. And the light show on
[0:56] display last night around the world. Oh,
[0:59] whoa. One, two. The best and brightest
[1:02] in decades.
[1:06] From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[1:09] York, this is NBC Nightly News reported
[1:13] by John Seagan. Good evening everyone.
[1:16] US and Northern Alliance forces are
[1:18] closing in on the Taliban and
[1:19] Afghanistan tonight, preparing to mount
[1:21] major attack on the last territory still
[1:24] controlled by the Taliban. But US
[1:26] officials say the war against al-Qaeda's
[1:28] terrorist network and Osama bin Laden is
[1:30] far from over. In the southern
[1:32] stronghold of Kandahar, the Taliban is
[1:35] making a final stand. In the northern
[1:37] stronghold of Kundus, northern alliance
[1:40] leaders claim the Taliban are willing to
[1:42] surrender under certain conditions. We
[1:45] begin our coverage with NBC's Norah
[1:46] O'Donnell at the Pentagon. Nora, good
[1:49] evening, John. Tonight, US officials say
[1:50] the Taliban is in disarray and that
[1:53] Osama b